I forget the exact quote or where I even heard or read it, but the gist was that over time if a producer put most of his effort into taking care of his soil the crops would take care of themselves. Ie, not just a corn or bean farmer but i farm to take care of my soil. I live in a CREP region (enhanced CRP which didn't necessarily mean more $ for owners, but more importantly more lands qualified). and those are coming out of enrollment pretty rapidly. They did not re-authorize the program a couple years ago and I hate to say it but I think our F&W might have dropped the ball a bit on that one. Now, I also have a pretty conservative bend to my thinking and I understand the Gov probably ought not be in the business of handing out money to everybody for everything. If there is no financial incentive however, these marginally productive pieces of ground are going to go back into production...which is going to mean a huge loss in quality habitat. Don't blame the farmer or land owner, that's their business.
To the OP the simple answer I have is that turkeys, and a lot of other critters, like habitat diversity. Your place just has more of it naturally. So I think you gotta thank the good lord for that one. KY & TH both have some pretty drastic changes in topography and habitat, what makes them so great IMO.
there's my early morning ramblings.