RE: how to read acorns
Look at the cap laying on the ground...If the cap has a U bitten out of one side, a deer ate that one....If you are sure they are white oaks, deer are eating them, they just might be eating others during daylight and yours at night...Can you put up a trail cam??? Might get some good pictures that will tell you what time they are coming in....
Also...How close is the nearest bedding area??? I like to hunt white oaks that are closest to the bedding area....