I don't do much with red oak but I have a big red oak plank that has been calling out to me lately so this is what I came up with. Red oak grunter with a charcoal grainfill to make that nasty open grain pop out.
(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac295/Scott_Strangfeld/Deer%20Grunts/DSCN0126.jpg)
Very nice.
I like it!