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Hunting season has wound down here Oak Creek, What Now?
What Now..... Hunting season has wound down at Oak Creek and you may be wondering “What now?” Oak Creek is home to 4 full time employees and two part time workers. That’s a lot of people for a seasonal business right? Well at Oak Creek we spend 8 months out of the...
Listen to your Guide He knows best
Listen to your Guide He knows best Listen to the guide he knows best. Look, if you have the money to spend on a guided hunt, why not listen to the guide? On a pronghorn antelope hunt in Wyoming, I had a 19-year-old guide. The kid was clutch. “Hey, there’s a good...
Take a Kid Hunting
Take a Kid Hunting this Year It’s a pretty safe bet, if someone didn’t take us hunting, we wouldn’t be hunters. So take a kid hunting. One of my earliest memories is sitting with my father in the hill country of Texas on a deer hunt. I was barely three-years-old....
The Hunt Dreams are Made of
The Hunt Dreams are Made of It’s not every day a man gets to witness something as special as a potential typical whitetail deer record being taken. This is the story of the time I had the opportunity to witness the hunt dreams are made of first hand. It was no...
Watching It Snow Outside
Ace The Blood Tracking Dog Things have slowed to a crawl for me here at the ranch. Lots of laying around and watching it snow outside. This is the time of year that I am really thankful I get to stay inside with the humans. That cold north wind and snow really...
Another Happy Hunter
Another Happy Hunter Dear Donald, Angie, Jacob, Jesse, Mark and all the other outstanding folks at Oak Creek, I sent a note earlier which was returned but I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU from my brother Gary and I for such an awesome time there on the ranch. You...
Tracking in the Creek Bottom
Ace The Blood Tracking Dog - Tracking in the Creek Bottom It has been a week, now we rejoin Ace and the guys as he is tracking in the creek bottom at Oak Creek. Donald just came in the office and he has deer on his hands, I can smell it, something is going down...
Running a Man Track
Running a Man Track - Ace The Blood Tracking Dog Oh Man! Donald is getting his jacket and boots on. He has the collars in his hand! That means it is time to go to work. I wonder what we are going to do? Could there be a deer down? No it is the wrong time of...
Do you have the perfect stand placement?
Do you have the perfect stand placement? Stand placement for a hunt can make or break you. It can create opportunity to harvest an animal where they may not be otherwise, or it may be the downfall to a seemingly textbook hunt. Are your stands placed in...