Do any of you guys have pictures you could post about your setup (in-stand)? I want to get an idea of where you position things. Also, if you're by yourself, how do you not get seen?
I dont have any pictures on my setups on stand from last year but I do alot of self filming. Ive been using a Canon XHA1 which is a alot bigger than needed for self filming but I now have it on a 3rd arm pro extreme. camera arm. I sold the LW arm when i bought this bigger camera. The LW arm was great for my GL2 but essentially i put the camera arm at my shoulder when im sitting down that way if I stand its at my waist. I use a Lanc controller which helps ALOT with not getting busted since it lets you control your entire camera with just your thumb. Trust me ive lost and not got shots on alot of good deer bc I was self filming tho.... part of the game.... two full time jobs in one!
Picking the right tree, or at least the best tree you can for a certain spot becomes that much more important. We put the cameraman up above the hunter and preferably at a 90 degree angle to the hunter's stand. It really depends on the tree and where "expect" the deer will come through. I'll try to dig up a couple of pics when I get home.
The hunter is 20' up and the cameraman is about 22' up (to the platform). The tree we are in provides an excellent backdrop and as you can see, there are plenty of branches and leaves out in front of us providing cover. It looks a lot more open than it is. It was very sunny that day and this frame was taken early in the afternoon, so even though it's hard to see the contrast, we are back in the shadowed area of the tree base. There are actually only three shooting lanes available. Also, the way the deer come in through this spot...thier attention is directed away from us, very few deer come into that set up head on. Like I said, it's all about the tree and the set up with that much gear in a tree. This was actually an early season doe hunt in MO, we shot a doe about fifteen minutes after getting set up in this tree. She was bedded within 45 yards of the tree the whole time. We used a corn field on a windy day to get into this set up and were able to walk almost right past her bed ( 30 yds) , set up, and get a good shot on her. We were pretty surprised when she got up out of her bed and was almost in range, we had no idea she was there.
