I usually wait until the leaves fill the branches, that way I wont have to go back because I missed a spot.

Last year in september I was in one of my stands and a doe walked underneath and stopped to check out the fresh cut branches. Something about the smell of fresh cut leaves and tilled earth that attracts them...at least for me!

We cleared over 2 acres of dirt for our new plots, and the next day you wouldnt believe how many tracks were through the overturned dirt. A week later, not a single track!