I wrote to you in my last post about a few cool things I saw at the ATA show last weekend. Today I want to spend a bit of time talking about a line of products I saw that will simplify the mounting of game scouting cameras.

A company from Minnesota called Trail-Pod Products has come out with a line of trail camera mounts that are simple and easy to use and I believe will be universal to every trail camera on the market. I saw these and thought “why haven’t these already been available”, it is truly a simple yet very useful idea.

Trail-Pod has four products and we hope to have these available for sale at BowHuntGear.com very soon. The first in called their “Tree Mount”, it is equipped with a universal camo mounting plate that will hold almost any camera out there (I saw several different models showcased on the Trail-Pod at the show). It is also equipped with a heavy duty ballhead that appeared very sturdy, this allows for you to adjust the camera to any angle you prefer, as we know some cameras take more quality pictures when angled slightly downward. Finally, it is equipped with a quick and easy screw-in mount that resembles a screw in step and will screw into any tree.

Trail-Pod also offers three more mounting units, they are all tri-pods that have the universal mounting plates previously mentioned attached to the top. The “Standard” tri-pod offers just a flat green finish with no rotating head. The “Deluxe Green” offers the flat green finish with the heavy duty ballhead, and the “Deluxe Camo” is a “Mothwing” Camo finish with the heavy duty ballhead. The tri-pods all come with anchors to keep them in the ground. These tri-pod models will let you mount your cameras in open areas such as CRP and crop fields. There are also some locking cables and additional anchors offered to secure your scouting cameras. These products all seem to be affordable ranging from $59.99 to $89.99 retail.

There were several more things I saw that will spark some interest in the gear market this year and I will be blogging about those soon. While at the ATA show I saw several “Outdoor Celebrities” mingling with their fans and signing autographs. Michael Waddell seemed to be everywhere accommodating his fans. David Blanton, Chuck Adams, Stan Potts, and Greg Miller were also there mingling and signing autographs. I also saw Erline Mandrell from the old variety show “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters” fame, she was endorsing cross bows and signing autographs.

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