That would work fine. Also if you take 12 inch long piece of a 1x6 and use a circular saw with the blade set about 1/4 inch deep and rip it vertically down the middle, the notch will mate up with the t post nicely. Then just attach the board to the t post with hose clamps and then you have a better surface to attach your game cam.

 

I think they make cam mounts that slide over those T-posts.

 

Slate River makes a t post attachment

http://www.trailcampro.com/slaterivertpostmount.aspx

 

Go to orschelns and they sell a fence post thats usually near the chicken wire. Ill take you some pics on saturday when i go to the farm of the idea i came up with. Imo it works really slick and it costs about $3 per post. It utilizes a 1/4"x20 bolt and 2 nuts. They are called a light duty garden post and have 1/4" holes in them. Run the bolt through and hold it tight to the post then put the other nut on and screw the camera on it, using the nut as a sort of jam nut so you can position your camera tightly

 

Go to orschelns and they sell a fence post thats usually near the chicken wire. Ill take you some pics on saturday when i go to the farm of the idea i came up with. Imo it works really slick and it costs about $3 per post. It utilizes a 1/4"x20 bolt and 2 nuts. They are called a light duty garden post and have 1/4" holes in them. Run the bolt through and hold it tight to the post then put the other nut on and screw the camera on it, using the nut as a sort of jam nut so you can position your camera tightly

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this is what i use also, sometimes i set them up in the middle of a food plot using them.

 

Dont get why people would pay $20+ for a post mount that can be made for a fraction of that

 

I use 3 bungee cords and mine stays on just fine. Had an axis knock it over a few inches years back but other than that it works great

 

Look at the Stic-N-Pic trail camera stands. Really adjustable yet still very steady.

 

Wire a piece of a decent size limb you find laying on the ground to the T post then wire the camera around this much wide base. I usually turn the t post so that an inside angel faces the feeder. It is easy to then snug the limb into that angle.

 

There is a flat piece of metal on the bottom of the t-post to keep it secure in the ground. If you flip it over and use the base as the top it makes a great mounting plate.

So just slam it in the ground upside down and there ya go.

 

Now that's brillant!!!

 

forget the metal t post....go to tractor supply and buy the square black plastic fence post..........about 2$ each no need for anything special...just strap it on and plus it is much easier to stick in even the hardest dirt........I have them on all my trail cams...even if a have a good tree I use them anyways, I can position them anyway I like and they are at the perfect height for deer.....

 

Always a great cheap alternative to those overpriced cam stakes

 

Well tonight I placed the feeder south of the house where the kids will hopefully be able to watch turkeys come up to eat. I imagine deer will eat there too even though there are oats, wheat, and brassicas within 100 ft of it. Anyhow the only place to put a trail camera will be on a t post or on the feeder itself. How do you guys attach them? I figured some bailing wire tight on the t-post. Any other ideas?

You already answered your thread, everything else is just a waste of effort imo. Done this before worked fine. Get the wire tight!

 

I'm telling you.... Get yourself the black plastic square post with the foot peg...... You will wish you did it years ago

 

good luck driving a plastic post into the soil we have out here in the hill country. you can't go 1 inch without hitting rocks. :chortle:

 

Here are some pics of the post setup i posted. Cheap and easy and you dont have to wire anything. Trust me lol farm boy myself ive used baling wire for bout everything, but no need to if you dont have to!

 

I just pound the T post in upside down so the T part is at the top, camera straps get tight enough to hold it to the post and the flat T keeps them pointed in the right direction.

 

With the black post there is no pounding or turning upside down, just strap it, step on it and go.....

 

No extra hardware to go but either....... Throw the nuts and bolts and noisy hammer in the garbage

 

Haha really? You think a hammer bothers them?? Also who wants anything plastic that will easily break below freezing temps. You do it your way, i like things that last

 

Hardware is dirt cheap 1.99 per pound for grade 5 stuff. Do a ton of cams for $2

 

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Thx.

 

Just curious why you think they wouldn't last....... The metal rod goes all the way through the post..... You really should give it a try..... I'll tell you what, since I'm tagged out in ky already I'll be heading out your way in November just outside the Hutchinson area... I'll stop by and give you a few........

 

Well if the metal rod goes all the way through then that would be 100X better. My appologies i didnt figure it did. I know exactly what posts you are talkin about just never looked hard at them. Where around hutch will you be hunting? Im only 20 minutes north of hutch

 

Looks interesting. Gotta run into town tomorrow. I'll see what Bluestem has. No Orshelin's round these parts.

 

Tractor supply also carries them you can get 3', 4', and 5' length

 

Much to my chagrin I went into tractor supply today. Got one of the black square posts and one of the metal ones with the holes. Gonna test them. I am worried about the black ones getting blown over during or after a rain. We will see.

 

My buddy lives in hutch..... Their family ground is mostly sw of hutch........ So you are up near McPherson then....... I forgot to mention about the black post is you can easily just turn it around if you want I have don't this multiple times.... And also they aren't a pain in the ass to get out of frozen ground........ I hunt allot of moulders ranches out that way.......

 

Yep im in McPherson but mostly hunt west in stafford county where i grew up