John-W-WI
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I received a bear tag this year (with plenty of preference points, just decided to take a tag this year rather than another point).
I didn't want to put my good cameras in harms way, so I bought some cheap cameras at menards and a 5 dollar "dry" box.
I put the two together to protect the camera as much as I could for $5 and put them on the baits.
![20150806_170901_resize.jpg 20150806_170901_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7923-f2a2efaaeab3bb002f2cda02eb9648f7.jpg)
Here is the cam and the dry box.
![20150806_170914_resize.jpg 20150806_170914_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7924-5020582600d49530257795f29f3c4680.jpg)
I put a piece of scrap plywood in the box to shim the camera up and give me something to put some screws into.
![20150806_173659_resize.jpg 20150806_173659_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7925-0a5f7bbdee7452b2c5e518865064227c.jpg)
Out the back of the box I put a poor mans swivel in. This allowed me adjustment in all directions. (you can see the screws installed to hold the plywood in place through the back)
![20150806_173721_resize.jpg 20150806_173721_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7926-d25b2683349f4d157b9e2b036e9ba3a5.jpg)
I drilled a few holes and used zip ties to hold the camera in place.
![20151029_170557_resize.jpg 20151029_170557_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7927-90c3d18777782b2a1efa4aff8c8fd457.jpg)
And I cut out the face of the box so the camera could pick up motion and take a picture.
I also drilled a couple of 1/4" holes in the bottom of the box to drain any rain that entered the enclosure.
Nothing fancy, but if you look closely you will notice that a bear investigated this one enough to knock the fresnel lens off the camera. I haven't opened it up yet, but I expect to be able to fix it pretty easily.
The bad news is, our zone had the worst bear season we've had in years. They just simply weren't hitting baits. Still not sure if it was a lack of bears or a lack of interest in baits?
-John
I didn't want to put my good cameras in harms way, so I bought some cheap cameras at menards and a 5 dollar "dry" box.
I put the two together to protect the camera as much as I could for $5 and put them on the baits.
![20150806_170901_resize.jpg 20150806_170901_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7923-f2a2efaaeab3bb002f2cda02eb9648f7.jpg)
Here is the cam and the dry box.
![20150806_170914_resize.jpg 20150806_170914_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7924-5020582600d49530257795f29f3c4680.jpg)
I put a piece of scrap plywood in the box to shim the camera up and give me something to put some screws into.
![20150806_173659_resize.jpg 20150806_173659_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7925-0a5f7bbdee7452b2c5e518865064227c.jpg)
Out the back of the box I put a poor mans swivel in. This allowed me adjustment in all directions. (you can see the screws installed to hold the plywood in place through the back)
![20150806_173721_resize.jpg 20150806_173721_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7926-d25b2683349f4d157b9e2b036e9ba3a5.jpg)
I drilled a few holes and used zip ties to hold the camera in place.
![20151029_170557_resize.jpg 20151029_170557_resize.jpg](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/7/7927-90c3d18777782b2a1efa4aff8c8fd457.jpg)
And I cut out the face of the box so the camera could pick up motion and take a picture.
I also drilled a couple of 1/4" holes in the bottom of the box to drain any rain that entered the enclosure.
The bad news is, our zone had the worst bear season we've had in years. They just simply weren't hitting baits. Still not sure if it was a lack of bears or a lack of interest in baits?
-John