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Who hangs their cameras 10' or so up in the tree?

jakev383

jakev383

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I almost always hang my cameras 10' or so up in a tree. I hunt almost exclusively public. I usually bring my one stick with me when I hang cameras, with a linesman belt. Standing just a few feet up on the one stick with the linesman belt allows me to use both hands to hang a camera.
I think getting them up off the ground either keeps the casual person from messing with the camera, or at least gets them out of the line of site to people walking by so that they do not notice.
Anyone else do this, and have any tips to share?
 
I do. Mine are probably a little higher than 10'. I use a stick with a 3 step aider. To my knowledge they have never been messed with despite being within reach if you used a large stick.

Depending on your terrain and what you are trying to look at, I've had success putting the camera on a tree that is on a down slope but aimed at a flat area. Therefore I don't get the limited view of a down facing camera.
 
I don't run a lot of cameras but sometimes I put them low, tucked up under a blowdown or at the base of a small tree with lots of limbs and things around it or on a root ball of a fallen tree. I've never had any problems with the ones I tuck in 4 or 6 inches off the ground either. I just don't think people expect them to be low so they don't notice them. Sometimes I put them 10 to 12 feet up, and in super thick spots I just put them at regular waist height.
 
Been hanging them around 10' too but lost one this past season. Surprisingly to me it was one of the deeper in cams and by far the best concealed. I had 2 cams that I thought were the most likely to come up missing that didnt. One was the only cam I hung low and I got one pic of a guy and he is actually a friend of mine. The other spot I got one pic of a guy during gun season. That cam I was expecting to get multiple hunter pics or the cam stolen and just didnt for some reason.
 
That’s a smart play. You loose a little intel because the lens is focused on a tighter area but can help from getting your camera ripped off.
 
Jefferson10940 said:
On public I hang them a stick up so about 10' solely in the hopes they are still there when I come back.
I also use these as I hate the straps as that is what most people see.

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I think those would be legal on some of our public land since they changed the rules last year to allow a screw in gear hanger as long as it is not greater than 3/8's diameter.
 
All of my trailcams are placed around chest level. My cell cams have a python lock on them. And my super cheap ones have a padlock on the door and are password protected; no python lock.

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I angle mine down with a camo painted wood wedge (door stop) with a hole in the center. I go through that hole and around the tree with camo shock cord and then tie the cam to tree with the same cord and angle it downward using the wedge. I've only had black bear mess with them. If you put them in a skinny tree it stops the bears also. I also camo my trail cameras to match the wood wedges and bark.
 
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I've been buying this webbing and making my own straps:
It blends in really well. I was using camo paracord previously, but I've been very happy with this webbing lately.
I've only had a few cameras messed with (stole the memory cards) and only one legitimately stolen (off my own property in FL no less).
I've been modeling up a camera mount to make it easier to hang the camera when climbing a tree...
 
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