Great idea that little camera mount. Seems very simple to make. After having cameras stolen off private property, you get pretty pissed at people and have to find ways to hide cameras or not us them at all.

 

Granted I think this will work, but $100 on a camera seems like a pretty fair compensation for not falling out of a tree and breaking your neck when that pine tree limb snaps. A good lock-box and some natural camouflage will work for me. If someone really wants that camera they are going to get it no matter what lengths you go to. We literally had a guy cut the tree down that one of our stands was in.

 

I do something in the middle. I take one LW climbing stick and put it on the tree. Say the top step of the stick is about 4 feet up. I stand on the top step and put the camera a little above me head, so it's like 10 feet up. I could fall, but I'm only 4 feet up. The camera is 10 feet up which keeps it out of most line of sight of the deer. Also, if someones stumbles across it, they would have to have climbing sticks with them to grab it. Stops the "crime of opportunity". Of course, they can always come back with a stick, but I've never had lost one this way.

 

I like the idea for security purposes but I would think it cuts down on what you pick up on.

 

Great idea. I use a ladder to strap the camera 15' high and a piece of wood to get the proper angle. But changing SD cards is a hassle. Going to try your method. Thanks!

 

Basically it's 1-4 inch x 1/4 eye bolt threaded
1-4 inch x1/4 eye bolt with wood threads to screw into tree
3- 3/8 x 1 1/4 fender washers (have to be fender or they will be to thick for 1 x 3/8 hex bolt )
1- 1 inch x 3/8 bolt hex head
1- 3/8 plastic nut maybe called lock nut
- I then screw a l brack into back of the camera but I forgot one when I hung this camera so just screwed in to the 4 inch eye bolt, most cameras are 1/4 holes on back on less there metric, best thing to do bring camera to homedepot hardware isle and put it together , good luck
Ps- this is not my idea , got it from a gentleman on this sight, hope I got the bolt description correct, it's nice to be able to swivel anyway you wAnt !

 

I have tried something similar, in my case changing SD cards was hard so I came back to my original idea... just to screw the case to the tree at a safe high (safe for me), not in a transit area of course. I was using a chained case but the f*&ing thieve came with those big scissors to cut it off.

 

I've put my cams up that high too, but the area that triggers the camera becomes so small it sucks..

 

I've had good bucks show up, look at the camera and never come back. I think they can be just as alarming as a bait pile to the older bucks. I'm gonna try that this year.

 

I had the same issue with the IR non black flash cams over bait ..

 

I added a IPD to mine. If you don't disconnected the wire from the Mercury switch it sprays you with **** pee. Improvised Pissing Device.


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found this....Just Google it for the swivel mount

 

View attachment 119041 found this....Just Google it for the swivel mount

That's pretty much it , I screw a 39 cent right angle bracket into the back of the trail camera using 1/4 x 1/2 inch screw and a washer or 2 depending on the depth of the hole on the back of the camera, then I screw the swivel thing in the picture into the tree and just hook the angle iron ( already attached to the camera ) over the end of the 1/4 Inch eyebolt threaded which is in the up position with a nut screwed down a half inch and washer on top of that, then I put a washer on other side and a nut a tighten down ! Where I hunt I never see any one except during 6 day gun but i check all my 7 cameras every 2 weeks or so and NEVER worry they won't be there , also try to find a tree leaning so when your spiking it your able to rest on tree heading up, don't know if I made sense, good luck '

 

little off to0pic but man i just had another ladder stand walk. im might gonna drill n tap a few zerk fittings on my next ladder stand and fill the rails and voids with synthetic red grease or at least caulks tubes of roofing patch. at least they will get all gooeyed up trying to take it apart. also thought to use some long self tapping metal screws and cut the heads off. that will make the sections impossible to seperate. i figure most people dont drive trucks with 15 foot truck beds so having them deal with the full length will probly be funzo.these people cant work hard and save 30-50 dollers and buy your own stand.

 

what area ?

 

i have had very good success running the browning cams up higher at around 8-10' max. they actually cover a much larger area if you dont set them pointing at a steep angle. the key is to have a cam with a good detection range and the brownings have outshined any other cams i have used and it has been a bunch.

 

Your right about the angle, if you point it down at a spot you get very small coverage if you broadcast it out you get up to 100 ft out like this picture, I have been using bushnell because a bear ripped it off a tree and chewed it up, sent it back to them and ask if I could get a credit towards a new one ( this one was 3 years old and I had no receipt ) they said it was not fixable and sent me a new camera no charge ! Anyway what Browning camera do you recommend that you are using ?

 

Browning dark ops

 

is it possible to remotely retrieve the pics with a Wifi SD card? Anyone try it?

 

I think they make cameras that send the pictures to your phone but they cost quite a bit and then think you have to sign up with a satellite company, I personally like getting out into the wilderness climbing the mountain and TRYING to read the signs in the woods , then after checking maybe 4 cameras and switching SD CARDS , bringing them home pouring a cold one and checking out the pictures on the computer, not knowing what will be there ! Then of course having a couple more drafts out of a frosty mug and of course the mountain climbing keeps me in shape and the scouting and camera checking year round is almost as much fun as archery hunting !

 

Love that Jersey Swamp Lizard... hope they populate well for harvest .

 

earn a lizard season

 

Security Series | Reconyx
I just picked up one of the MS8's.
You can mount high, runs for several months on lithiums, black flash, loop recording video with audio as well as still shots. Set up is done on a phone app and pics and video can be downloaded to your phone within a 100 ft of the cam. Full status of the cam, battery life, arm and disarm and passcode loc are done through the app as well.
There are no buttons to set on the cam itself.
I also use their cellur cams for scouting, license plate capture and property /construction site surviellance. They work excellent

 

I just finished building a few different cams with gps tracking. I had a cam stolen from a little private piece I have by a trespasser. The lithium battery in the gps can last up to 2 years and be recharged so no local power source is required. I get a text as soon as the camera moves and can track on the internet through my phone

 

How much do they run?

 

I still say you find a way to rig a dummy camera with a dye pack like the banks use. Thieves would be a lot easier to spot.

 

nice job have you tried it out yet ?

 

this would be a good mod for the camera thieves View attachment 119257

 

Found these set on Delaware Water Gap National Park Service Land last summer, guys on this site said they were bear traps and they were right, next day went back to check and there was a nj fish and game truck there ! We'll you should of seen the tree the cable was hooked on to, it was torn up with bear claws and the ground around the tree was torn up the dirt pretty deep, always wondered if I had stepped on the trap does it pull you tight and throw you or just cinch a little and then the bear pulling on it makes it tighter, could a person just release it themselves ? If so probably would not be a deterrent to camera thieves !

 

just dont put your cameras in obvious locations like near trails. also dont use them in oak flats or open woods. i have found 5 different cameras i could have easily stolen the last time i went scouting with no security. i pick trees that hide my camera in all directions but the direction the deer are coming. i also stick twigs and leaves inbetween the cable lock and tree to camoflauge it. had 3 drivers walk directly in front of my camera and didnt even see it.

 

I remember someone posted a YouTube video of the guy who shows up how to make that screw in tree attachment by goin to the hardware store n buying the components