ORIGINAL: GMMAT
If you clear a trail (bushog?) now.....there's a good chance they'll use YOUR trail, come this fall. I've cleared (machette sp?) trails that I wanted to use to get to my stands.....only to find the deer start using them shortly thereafter.
That's what I have found also. They'll even usetrails that you cut directly to your stand so be careful.You don't really want them to walk directly at or away from you.