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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…

Fall Food Plots at Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch

This week On The Ranch, Nick and Shane take you through the process of getting our fall food plots ready for whitetail deer hunting season.  In order to grow world record whitetail they have to be healthy.  Oak Creek spares no expense when it comes to trying to be the…

Out with the Old, In with the New, Renovations at Oak Creek

On the Ranch this week, the renovation projects are starting to be finished up before the whitetail deer hunting season starts in a month. We have been updating rooms and building a new Proshop. On the outside, a wall has been put up to upgrade and ease some of the…

Convention Time is here!

.This week we are changing it up a little bit on the blog. Missouri Deer Association As many of you know we are members of the Missouri Deer Association and August is the time for the annual convention. To buy tickets online: Click here!!! This year it is going to be…

How to take care of your whitetail deer

Care of your whitetail deer In the latest episode of On The Ranch with Oak Creek we talked about how to take care of your whitetail deer in the breeder pens.  These deer are not huntable deer. While Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch is mainly a whitetail deer hunting ranch we…

Watch Big Whitetail at Oak Creek

Big Whitetail Deer Do you like watching big whitetail deer? How about a weekly video of big whitetail bucks so you can see their growth over the summer? Oak Creek Bone Cam Well, if you do, you have come to the right spot. Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch, one of the top…

How to Butcher a Deer

So, you’ve completed a successful whitetail deer hunt. Harvesting your deer is only the first step, however. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and field dress your deer—there’s work to do before you can enjoy deer at your dinner table! Step 1: Field Dress After your…

Grow big whitetail bucks and monster bull elk

What does it take to grow big whitetail bucks and giant bull elk? To grow big whitetail bucks, mostly it is great nutrition and habitat. This week we are going to be telling you some of the techniques we use in our supplemental feeding practices here at Oak Creek to…

Teaching your Child How to Hunt Whitetail Deer

Whether you began hunting at a young age or picked up the trail later in life, teaching your child how to hunt whitetail deer teaches discipline, responsibility, patience, and respect for the natural world—all skills that parents want their children to gain as they…