Adjustable Cam Stand

[Cabin Fever]

I've been in several situations (in foodplots, along fields, anywhere where there just aren't trees in a good spot!) where I wanted to put up a trailcam, but couldn't because there were no suitable trees. I decided to make a adjustable cam stand. It was simple, cheap, sturdy, adjustable, and turned out pretty nice! Thought I would share incase anyone else might want a rainy (or snowy) day project.

I started out with one of those 4'-5' shepards hooks (that has 2 ground stakes to make it sturdy) and cut off the "hook" part with a hacksaw. These make it pretty easy to get into the ground, as you can just step on them to push into the ground.

Then I cut a small piece of scrap wood to the size of my cam. I then got a small U-clamp, with wing nuts. I measured the U-clamp and drilled holes in the board, so the U-clamp would go through the board and secure it to the now shepards "pole". I also notched out the board, so the U-clamp would be flush when installed, keeping the cam flat when mounted.

Secure the U-clamp through the board to the pole. Using wing nuts makes cam height easily adjustable on the cam stand when in the field.

I painted it using camo paint, but cloth camo tape would probably work just as well.

I also decided to camo it up further using a tree limb and a couple reusable tie wraps.

I think this will work great and it's cheap. I really like the idea that it's easily adjustable also! Just loosen the wing nuts and slide up or down. I was thinking about mounting another cam to the backside and putting in the middle of a foodplot, that way I can probably cover the entire plot.

[t_barb]

Thanks for the great idea.. I have a couple of shepards hooks laying around and now know what to do with them.. i have a spot that I want to put a camera on the edge of a filed and hadn't come up with anything, until now...

[WNYBuckHunter]

Looks cool. Ive been thinking of doing something similar for areas that just dont have a suitable tree. I used to use an old metal fence post for my cam that I had under some apple trees, but I had to use a sledge hammer to pound that thing in. Not portable at all.

[brklynhunter]

Wow. Great idea. Looks simple too. I'm thinking of getting a cam soon and might just build me one of these. Thx for posting.

[fasteddie]

I looked to see if you "cable locked" the camera to the shepards hook !

[WNYBuckHunter]

Why bother locking the cam to the pole? If someone wants it, they just pull the pole and cam and all out of the ground and walk away. Thats the downside to using a portable pole like that.

[nyslowhand]

Very ingenius and practical too!

Get a patent and sell it to Primos...

[pawle76]

Very ingenius and practical too!

Get a patent and sell it to Primos...

Yeah then they can sell it for $200.

[Cabin Fever]

Cabelas must have liked the idea, as they are now selling one that looks like it's made out of something similar to a shepards hook! LOL http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunting/Scouting-Feeders/Trail-Cameras-Accessories%7C/pc/104791680/c/104767380/sc/103867380/Cabelas-Complete-Universal-Camera-Mount-Kit/1325724.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fhunting-scouting-feeders-trail-cameras-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100176%2FNo-96%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104791680%26WTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNP%26recordsPerPage%3D48&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104791680%3Bcat103867380

[nyslowhand]

And the person that got the patent is a millionaire.............

Just kidding, great idea!!