Homemade Trail Camera Hanger

[Mennoniteman]

Hanging game cameras to trees with straps leaves a bit to be desired and trying to find a straight tree has frustrated me for years. Plus, the strap is the most visible thing for thieves looking to steal a camera. I've yet to find a simple, cheap, strong, fully adjustable hanger on the market, so I started digging through my bolt bins to make some for free, and found enough parts for a dozen.
The main critical piece of this invention is a GRK 5/16 in. X 4 in. star drive washer head RSS structural screw. These are available at home depot. One 3/8" x 1" carriage bolt, one 1/4" x 1-1/4" pan head machine screw, three extra thick 1/2" flat washers, and one 3/8"& one 1/4" wing nut make up the rest of my cam hanger. Mig welded the 1/4" bolt head to the washers, and the structural screw to the carriage bolt head, bolted the two pieces together, gave it a squirt of rustoleum, and it was finished. It works even better than I expected, the camera is solid, and fully adjustable at all angles.

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[DocHolladay]

We use eye bolts. One is a lag and the other is threaded like the camera. Cut the one threaded like the camera off if needed and then put a bolt through the eyes of them both with rubber in between washers and tighten down. We use a longer lag bolt than what is shown in the picture and we use plain nuts instead of wing nuts .

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[Mennoniteman]

We use eye bolts. One is a lag and the other is threaded like the camera. Cut the one threaded like the camera off if needed and then put a bolt through the eyes of them both with rubber in between washers and tighten down. We use a longer lag bolt than what is shown in the picture and we use plain nuts instead of wing nuts .

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Yes, I used that idea as my inspiration. I wanted a stronger, sharper point to screw into hard trees, or I would just have copied that one. The hardened structural screw that I used has a cut drill point (which happens to be on the backside in all of my pics) making it much easier to screw into wood.

 

[BoneCrusher20]

I've done basically exact same thing for ozonics hangers. Look nearly identical. That way can put one with every set i hang around farm instead of buying basically what you made here for $20 pop straight from ozonics.

 

[Mennoniteman]

I've done basically exact same thing for ozonics hangers. Look nearly identical. That way can put one with every set i hang around farm instead of buying basically what you made here for $20 pop straight from ozonics.

I got these three on amazon for $10 and wasn't impressed that the elevation isn't adjustable, that's when I started rummaging thru my bolt bin. I'm surprised that there's not much on the market that's simple yet fully adjustable.