Yep sometimes it's easier to keep up with them instead of trying to catch up when there's too many. I mow inward and when they are in a big pile in the middle and I mow over them to mulch them up. Then I hook up the bagger and pick them up. I don't like raking. LOL
In the front yard I mow inward like you into a pile bag or rake dump them in the woods out back. Back yard I push them to the wood line. Usually early December I'll rake them out of the floor beds and around the house and those go into the woods.
Over the years this technique has been refined a few times to minimize the effort.
