I have always found it to be exactly the opposite of what you are saying. I always found the years that were excellent acorn crops that I saw less deer. Mainly because the deer don't have to travel to find food. It's everywhere they look. On years with poor acorn crops the deer have to get out and move around more and when you do find acorns, you can count on deer being there. We had a rediculous amount of acorns last year and it looks like it's going to be that way agin this year, at least the conditions are right for a bumper crop. If you don't have acorns the deer are going to be congregated. You will just have to get out and find them but when you do find them it should be the motherload.