I am 12 miles Southeast of Petersburg, and have ZERO acorns, worse than any other time in the past 6 years. As a result, I have seen almost no deer.

I think as long as it stays below 60 degrees, it shouldn't completely put a halt to rut activity. The mornings and evenings should be ok, and the timing is coming to be about right for buck movement, considering past years. However, we have seen rut activity in rifle season often too.

If I were you, I'd bring along some apples just in case the acorns are bad. Without some type of food or pressure, you won't likely see hardly any deer. However, I wouldn't hunt right over the apples, unless you want to shoot a doe. I have footage of a buck get nervous and run away near a cluster of apples I put out. I wasn't going to shoot it anyway, and realize it may have smelled me and not the apples....