Eye Bolt Trail Cam Mount
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Redonthehead
5 year old buck +
I like them too, however one caveat. I had one mounted on a t-post as shown above, had plenty of pics then a deer walked up to it and messed with it, knocking the camera straight down. Not a problem until a heavy rain - that Moultrie hanging upside down got water in it and fried.
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Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Figured I'd revive this thread again. I couldn't find the camera mounts I was looking for so decided to make these.
I made a few modifications. I used a slightly longer screw in lag bolt (3-3/4") to help with leverage. I also subbed out the hex bolt and nut for a 1/4-20 X 1-1/2" thumb screw and wing nut. I think you can get it just as tight by tightening this by hand without having to cary some wrenches in the field with you. I also added a rubber washer for where the camera screws in. In the past, I've over-tightened the camera and cracked the threaded insert in the camera. This will help prevent that. Just need to spray paint them now. Probably have a little over $4 into each one.
I made a few modifications. I used a slightly longer screw in lag bolt (3-3/4") to help with leverage. I also subbed out the hex bolt and nut for a 1/4-20 X 1-1/2" thumb screw and wing nut. I think you can get it just as tight by tightening this by hand without having to cary some wrenches in the field with you. I also added a rubber washer for where the camera screws in. In the past, I've over-tightened the camera and cracked the threaded insert in the camera. This will help prevent that. Just need to spray paint them now. Probably have a little over $4 into each one.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
FWIW -
To avoid deer bumping / knocking a camera and having it hang down & maybe get rain in it, add some star washers in with those flat washers so their teeth bite and hold tight. Tighten those down good and tight, and a critter will probably have to break the cam housing before the star washers would let the cam sag.
These cam rigs are a good idea. Thanks to the OP for posting.
To avoid deer bumping / knocking a camera and having it hang down & maybe get rain in it, add some star washers in with those flat washers so their teeth bite and hold tight. Tighten those down good and tight, and a critter will probably have to break the cam housing before the star washers would let the cam sag.
These cam rigs are a good idea. Thanks to the OP for posting.
I’ve been doing this setup for about 10 years… I LOVE it. One thing that makes them easier to use is is to weld the head of the bolt to the outside washer, and to the eye of the lag screw that goes into the tree. That keeps the head from spinning when you tighten the wing nut.
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Da U.P. 'eh
5 year old buck +
I've been using these for almost 10 years and love them. The modifications you suggest sound like great ideas. I'll be trying them out soon.
rusty1034
5 year old buck +
I’m a fan of these guys. I keep the threads coated with ’never seize’. There about $10 a piece.
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Rusty
Economy Trail Camera Holder | HME Products
Compact Easy-to-use Inexpensive! We have designed what we believe will become the #1 selling trail camera mounting device in the hunting industry. This patent pending design easily screws into any tree and has a full 360 degrees of rotational adjustment and 220 degrees of vertical adjustment.
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Rusty
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I’m a fan of these guys. I keep the threads coated with ’never seize’. There about $10 a piece.
Economy Trail Camera Holder | HME Products
Compact Easy-to-use Inexpensive! We have designed what we believe will become the #1 selling trail camera mounting device in the hunting industry. This patent pending design easily screws into any tree and has a full 360 degrees of rotational adjustment and 220 degrees of vertical adjustment.
Rusty
Having things like this hit the market in the last several years sure is nice. I’ve got 10 or 12 of the DIY ones, so I doubt I will ever need anything new. These are the ticket if you don’t have anything already made up, though.
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old one eye
Yearling... With promise
I found this mount to be a great idea but a PITA to screw in every time so I took this idea one step farther - I screwed the mount into a 2x2 about 12" long, I use adjustable bungie to secure to tree ( or post) - Now I can easily move cameras to new locations or adjust height on mount
Here is a public land legal version of the screw in’s that is similar to what you described.
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Electrodigical
5 year old buck +
I’m a fan of these guys. I keep the threads coated with ’never seize’. There about $10 a piece.
Economy Trail Camera Holder | HME Products
Compact Easy-to-use Inexpensive! We have designed what we believe will become the #1 selling trail camera mounting device in the hunting industry. This patent pending design easily screws into any tree and has a full 360 degrees of rotational adjustment and 220 degrees of vertical adjustment.
Rusty
I have several of these. But last time I went even cheaper, bought a 3 pack of "non adjustable" ones for $15
They adjust easily, by bending them. lol
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I have a few of these. They are easy to screw into a tree. My only complaint with them is that you have to get the angle right the first time when screwing them in. I feel like when you hang cameras a little higher, angle is all the more important.
Prairie Acres
5 year old buck +
Thanks to this thread I have now mounted the majority of my cameras to U-post. Over a thousand pictures/videos I am very satisfied with this setup.
