Big Buck Down video

[petey]

nope! There are several different makes and models of Tree-pods. Mine in particular is a Pine Ridge Pro Bow cam support arm. I like it beacuse it's base is detachable, so you can ratchet it to the tree, then attach the arm, then use the quick release camera base (included) to attach the camera. It's all alluminum with plastic washers, very quiet. It'll run you about $50 roughly.

Now Lone Wolf tree stands makes a "beefier" camera mount that has a base leveler. I haven't run into that problem with mine, since most trees I'm in are vertically level anyhow. That'll run you $100 and in my opinion not worth the money.

The Pro Bow cam will support your larger production 3CCD cameras like the Canon GL-2 and XL-1. The particular camera I used for this hunt was a smaller 1 CCD Sony Mini-dvd camera. The quality isn't as good as the Canon, but I wasn't toting that big ol GL-2 around since I have enough crap to carry!

Attached is an image of the pro bow cam mount to give you a clue. It's a pretty slick setup.