I am guessing the apples are situated in a field?
Is the scrape along a field edge?
From my experience most scrapes along the field edges are visited more at night.I would say get as close to his bedding area as you can without spooking him.
Try some tinks69 or doe estrious and see if you can really get his curiosity going,hopefully he will show up during the day.Another thing to try is get in the woods,thicker the better,and try rattling and grunting.It works in some areas and not others,but what do you have to loose.
Just curious but what part of Nova Scota do you live in?
I lived there for 15 years combined between there and Ontario growing up as my father was in the military.
Good luck with him and let us know how the outcome is.