Bow Camera Mount
by Tom Sorenson
– Base Camp Legends
“Brian Piltz, owner of InsaneArchery, sent me a gadget that allows a camera to be set up on any bow figuring it would be useful for us as we film our hunts. If he only knew how useful! Last year there were several times we came back from hunts thinking, “if only we could have a camera that could catch exactly what the hunter sees!”
Thanks to Brian, we are through wishing wishes. On my recent elk hunt, I mounted the camera mount on my bow and off to the woods I went. Because I was running low on space left for recording, I didn’t get my actual shot, but did get footage of the bull and another bull bugling.
Here is my assessment of Brian’s bow camera mount
Ease of Use: I don’t shoot with a stabalizer, so used a screw to attach the camera mount in that slot. Easy as pie.
Functionality: I mounted a little point-and-shoot digital camera on the unit and found that the only functionality problems came from the camera, not the mount. The mount gives you quick access to your camera controls, plus swings to several different locking positions enabling you to always find a slot where it is out of your way and not hampering your shot.
Is it Pracitcal: Absolutely. For a tree stand hunter, this will knock your socks off – it is the ticket to capture your hunts. Period. My only gripe was that for us, being back country hunters where we’re doing a lot of hiking, it would occasionally hang up on brush and because of where I mounted it, it rubbed on the outside of my hand. The rubbing would have been easily remedied by attaching it elsewhere (such as to the bow cut outs) but it was not enough of a hassle for me to bother with moving it from where I otherwise wanted it. I love the fact that it didn’t add much weight at all to my set up – a big thing when covering a lot of miles during a hunt.”