As I eluded to in a previous post, Jeff and I have been wanting to film some hunting and fishing adventures. Jeff wants to do it professionally, and I just want to do it for fun. Well last weekend at the Deer and Turkey Spectacular we finally agreed on something.

I have seen a bunch of different camera mounting systems out there, and all of them required you to pre-setup the shot. What I mean by that is, you would have to set the camera up to point to a general area, and then hope the deer, or whatever you were hunting, made it into that location. After making the shot you would then have to pray that there wasn’t a stray tree or anything of that nature blocking the shot. Not quite what I was looking for.

The other option of course is to have two people in one location-one filming and one hunting. This setup immediately starts the who gets to run the camera and who gets to hunt debate. That one isn’t working for me either.

Well we finally found something that we think could work for both of us. A local Michigan company, Predator Products Co, has a neat little device they call the Camcorder Bracket. This thing screws into your stabilizer hole and allows any model of camera to be mounted right on it. Awesome. Now no matter where you have to take the shot, the camera is right there with you taking the footage. A win win situation for Jeff and I. I am seriously thinking about picking one up and trying it out. They have a neat little video on their website that showcases the product as well. I did notice a little jumpiness once the shot is released, but I think that is a pretty good trade-off to have the opportunity for both of us to get some some footage and still be able to hunt at the same time.

The bracket is only $45 bucks and they even have a quick release for this priced model so that the bracket comes on and off easily without a lot of hassle. I haven’t used this device yet, but they advertise that it shouldn’t effect your accuracy at all. I do hope that is the case.

So Jeff and I are going to look into this little device for our hunting expeditions this year. It would be awesome to get some footage of some hunts this way.

Now all I need is a camera.

Author’s note: We are by no means a member of this company, nor did they pay us for this post. We ran across their product and thought it was cool. That is where the connection ends. We haven’t purchased a single thing from them yet.

Picture Source: Predatorproducts.net

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