Bow season has started here in Georgia. I don’t have a bow, but did get the opportunity to spend a few hours up in a deer stand with a nice digital camcorder sporting a long lens for those close-up shots.
The good news: it was a really pleasant morning to be sitting outside while the day started.
The bad news: I heard some rustling around out of visual range, but have no idea what might have been doing the rustling. The only wildlife I saw from the tree stand was a couple of cute little black and white birds that flew off when I tried to aim the camcorder at them.
I did see a bunch of turkeys across a field a little later on, and I learned I need some more equipment in order to do this right. Some sort of mount that attaches to the tree stand and will allow me to tilt and pan the camera without making any noise, maybe a nice fluid head tripod mount like the one I’ve got at home. Once that’s done, I’ll have to solve the problem of looking through the viewfinder/monitor from the right side of the camera when the camera is pointed to my right. The alternative would be to attach the camera to me with one of those harness contraptions, or maybe to fashion a D.I.Y. steadicam-alike.