Camera Stand

[Data]

Have you ever found a good deer crossing but could not find a good tree to put your camera on. I have several places on our property where the pine trees are small or there is no good tree facing north. Last year I found a good scrap line that I wanted to put my camera on but the brush was so thick that I would have to disturb the area to clear a lane to the closest tree.

Has anyone built there own camera stand for their homebrew game camera or have any good ideas on how to build one? It would have to have sometype of spikes on the bottom to secure it to the ground.

Thanks Data.

 

[Ocmulgee Ogre]

Data,
I've used plain old T-posts like you use to put up barb wire fencing on. I don't drive them completely in the group so they're easier to move if you need to. They have a flat side on them so the camera back would rest solidly. You just need a shorter rope/bungee than you would use on a tree.

 

[hunt4it44]

I made a stand out of 3/8" rebar that is "H" shaped with another piece of rebar connecting across the top of the "H"

If this still does not visualize it for you, think of a realtors sign like you see planted in peoples front yard. Same thing, just narrower.

I then affixed a piece of 3/8 thick plywood in the enclosed part of the frame and my camera mounts to the plywood. I then camaflouged the whole thing. I also welded some short pieces of rebar about half way up the legs so I could use my foot to push the frame in the ground. Has worked great so far.

 

[shadow]

I've used plain ol' T-Posts. Usually two of them about 6" apart then strap the cam to em' that way it won't sway in the wind etc.. I've also taken an old 6' fence picket and hamered that into the ground and straped the cam on it.

 

[Lip]

Along the lines of what Hunt4it44 said, I showed someone one of my cameras a few days ago. He looked at the EZ-Web bungee anchors and made the comment that if you mounted them 90 degrees off (holes vertical) that you could use stakes and just slide it down on them. The holes may be big enough for the rebar to slide through.

 

[shufigo]

There are previous posts on this. What I've found to be ideal is a tripod plant stand that sells for about 2 - 3 bucks at a garden supply store. It has a hook at the top. I slip a small bungee thru the holes I've drilled in the edge of the case by the top latch and opposite side, hang the bungee on the hook. Push the wire legs of the plant stand in the dirt -- and that's it. Use another bungee around the whole thing if it doesn't hang verticle enough for you. Of course you have no security, as someone can pick up the whole rig. But reading the recent "stolen" posts, a big tree doesn't guarantee anything either.

 

[R2JJS]

Data, I think all of last year I only put my cam on a tree once. I generally try to go the hidden route, under a fallen log, in a brush pile, under a rock on a bank. Since most of the time I've had them on public land the less seen the better.
Good Luck

 

[Data]

Thanks for the info. I kind of like the t post idea. I would have to build some type of structure to mount to the t post that will hold the camera housing.

hunt4it44 & Lip, how tall is the stand. Does the wind effect it. How far apart are the two horizontal post. We have one guy in the club that can weld. I may ask him if he can make something for me.

Again, thanks for the info. If anyone else has any ideas, lets here them.

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