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Ghost Buck Finally Makes a Mistake

240 yard shot to harvest Ghost Buck. Guide Ryan and our hunter Randall finally seal the deal on the elusive ghost buck. We had been hunting this buck for several weeks after first seeing him in the clover food plot. He had eluded several hunters and finally made a…

Early Season Spot and Stalk Elk Hunt

We had a great early season spot and stalk on this big bull elk. Oak Creek is the place for elk hunting in Missouri and in the Midwest. If you are wanting to hunt big elk without the hassle of drawing a tag and the chance of not even seeing an animal, watch as this…

How to Cook the Best Venison You’ve Ever Had

We’re not lying when we say that venison is the best kind of meat you could possibly eat. There’s no better feeling than eating a meal that you have hunted and prepared with your own hands, especially one that has the juiciness of beef and the signature taste of the…

How to Use Every Part of Your Hunt

What do you do with your hunt? If you only take the meat from it and throw away all the rest of the animal, you’re wasting valuable material. While the antlers, hide, bones, and fat are often overlooked, they can provide a number of uses. Learn how to use every part…

Hunting Blinds at Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch

What Hunting Blinds Do You Use? What kind of hunting blinds do you use to help harvest your whitetail buck each year. Do you have a favorite? At Oak Creek we use several different kinds of stands to help in your hunt of a lifetime, depending on how you want to hunt….

How to build deer fence

Building the fence To be able to raise the best whitetail deer in the country, you have to have a good deer fence. This week, Nick and the guys are putting up a new section of fence. We show you what it takes to get it done. In the beginning, we put in all of the…

Scoring your typical whitetail deer?

Is That A Typical Whitetail Deer? This week on, “On the Ranch”, Donald talks about what a non-typical whitetail deer and typical whitetail deer is. He also shares the difference between a typical and non-typical tine. Oak Creek currently holds 33 of the top 35 SCI…

Antler Care at Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch

This week On The Ranch, Nick, Easton and Jacob work on a couple of whitetail bucks that have broken antler and a drop tine. These deer are in our breeder pen that we use to increase our genetics in the preserve.  If these deer were on the preserve or in the wild there…