I have transplanted pin oaks and red oaks with great success. I have heard many other oaks can be a challenge though. I injured the tap root every time I dug one, but I bathed the roots in a rooting hormone (no idea if that helped or not) and made sure to replant without bending the tap root (very important with all trees), and they recovered quite well. Don't let them go a day without moist roots for the first year though.

12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.