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

I’ve been using paracord in places that are likely to be visited by other humans.

I can spot a horizontal webbing strap on a tree from a long ways away unless it’s concealed by thick cover.
 
Thanks for the plug. I actually redesigned mine and have two versions for bottom and rear mount cameras but I haven’t gotten around to listing them yet.
 

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Do you share the file or sell the finished print?
 
GreginPA said:
Do you share the file or sell the finished print?
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Finished product, but it’ll be pretty reasonable and supports a good cause of keeping my daughters interested in the outdoors and nerd stuff instead of boys. I’m planning to list them over the weekend and can post a link for anybody interested.

I put most of my cameras up about 8-10 feet, so I just carry one stick with an aider around when it’s time to change batteries. That’s mostly kept bears off them and they don’t seem to affect deer movement the same, but I get a few more squirrel pictures than I’d like.
 
I don't hang cameras on public or leave setups or gear out even for one night. The law here is if it stays overnight it's now public property. Most people respect your stuff but enough don't to make it not worth the risk anymore. Too many guys have been "claiming" spots with gear and cameras and WRC is over it and the resulting "disagreements."

On the farms I hunt and on my own land I hang them about 8-10' up just to get them out of the eye line of deer. They seem much less disturbed by them when I get them up higher. When I was hanging them around chest height they would look dead at them all the time and act weird about them.
 
Yeah... I flat out check other people's cards when I'm elk hunting....but i put the card back.....havent sat in anybodys stand but lots of people do.....kinda sketchy if you ask me...better put them up out of sight...its public property now...when my shnilt gets taken I don't cry ...got some white trash gypsies out there who dont know things aint theirs... and I expect that
 
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I got a cam stolen that wasn’t locked, about 8’ up and not concealed. It was surveying a big open area that I wanted to collect intel on, so it’s mainly my fault that it was so easily spotted.

I will look at cards in other cameras too… but usually only if I can sneak around behind and not be caught on the camera.
 
Jefferson10940 said:
I have also used a thin metal wire to wrap around the tree, they come in green which is nice. Also hard to see
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This is what I use. The covered wire or 16 gauge annealed trappers tie wire. Buy a roll from a trapper supply house. It’s black you can crank it down with some needle nose. I think is less obvious than the straps.
 
When I hunted crowded areas. I always hung my time lapse camera about18-20’ up where I would be hanging. I pointed it towards the trail I was watching.
 
Not on public, but had issue with a neighbor and didn't want to call attention to the cams. One was on a piece of1/4" all-thread just on edge of opening...Deer found it though.

 
Whenever I set up cams at ground height I found that the first or second pic in a burst of 3 pics, the deer is almost always looking at the camera. I also noticed that more often than not once a mature buck discovered the camera, he’d never get his picture taken again.

My two solutions to this were: to set a camera in a location and only check it once a year. This works ok on community scrapes near bedding, or on scrapes on long distance travel corridors for catching bucks during the rut.

But my best results come from cameras hung 10-15’ and left alone for long periods of time. This method I have found effective in spots close to or in buck bedding areas - or anywhere I want to get pre and post rut intel.
 
Dope on a Rope said:
Finished product, but it’ll be pretty reasonable and supports a good cause of keeping my daughters interested in the outdoors and nerd stuff instead of boys. I’m planning to list them over the weekend and can post a link for anybody interested.

I put most of my cameras up about 8-10 feet, so I just carry one stick with an aider around when it’s time to change batteries. That’s mostly kept bears off them and they don’t seem to affect deer movement the same, but I get a few more squirrel pictures than I’d like.
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Finally got my new camera mounts listed for anybody interested.

Edit: link removed, unsure if that was breaking a rule.
 
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Here's the design I was working on to make it easier to hang a camera when standing on a stick. I'd like two or so people to beta test for me, since I'd like to sell it at a later date. If you're interested in beta testing one, PM me.
I think the design will work well - and I set it up to work with cameras which have the mount on the bottom as well as those with the mount on the back of the camera body.

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jakev383 said:
Here's the design I was working on to make it easier to hang a camera when standing on a stick. I'd like two or so people to beta test for me, since I'd like to sell it at a later date. If you're interested in beta testing one, PM me.
I think the design will work well - and I set it up to work with cameras which have the mount on the bottom as well as those with the mount on the back of the camera body.

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Can you get a python lock on it? Maybe something to consider?
 
My cams on public are the same 10'. I use fishing wire I even glue the bark of the tree to the face of the camera. I have had none messed with or stolen.... the only cameras I have lost is when I have done too good of a job hiding them that I can't even find...lol
 
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