Ambush Hunting

Ambush Hunting

Most likely, you’re familiar with the term ‘ambush hunting,’ since most whitetail deer in the country are harvested using this technique. Here are a few tips and reminders that might give you a leg up this season. As you may know, the basic premise of ambush hunting...
Shed Hunting at Oak Creek

Shed Hunting at Oak Creek

Sheds Given the number of absolutely insanely huge bucks at Oak Creek, I assumed the ranch would have a huge collection of sheds somewhere. They don’t. In fact, Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch Preserve Manger, Jacob Osborne, assures me employees of the ranch seldom – if...
Father/Son Hunt for Oak Creek Giant and Great Memories

Father/Son Hunt for Oak Creek Giant and Great Memories

Our first day started with checking in, sighting in our gun, and meeting our guide Willie. We had a meeting that Sunday night to get started to get ready to hunt Monday morning. Day 1 Monday morning started a little slow only seeing 3 young does and the action picked...
Use the Spring/Summer Seasons to your Advantage

Use the Spring/Summer Seasons to your Advantage

What do whitetail hunters do in the off-season? The most dedicated of them use their time to good advantage by working on projects that increase their odds of successful hunting later in the year. If you’re wondering how you can start preparing right now for the fall...
Deer Bathmats

Deer Bathmats

Deer Bathmats   “What are those? Bathmats of some kind?” I asked of the neon green sheets of what looked like squares of Astroturf stacked in the back of Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch Assistant Manager Jacob Osborn’s truck. Jacob responded that they were feed then...
Which is the Best Tree Stand for Deer Hunters

Which is the Best Tree Stand for Deer Hunters

If you ask a group of deer hunters about tree stands, you’ll for sure get a lot of different opinions on which tree stand is best and why. Is a ladder stand worth the set-up time? Does the portability of a climbing stand offset its challenges? Is a fixed position tree...