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Blind window clamp

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Sergeant
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  • May 11, 2017
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    I do a vast majority of my hunting in a deer blind, and I love digiscoping with a spotter. I currently use my RRS tripod for this, but sometimes there’s just not enough room for it.

    Is anyone aware of a clamping platform that I could use? Idea would be clamp something to blind window frames of various widths (~1/2-3 1/2”) and put a micro ball head on it.

    I’m not sure this requires a RRS-level investment but I could be wrong.
     
    I have a vehicle window mount for my spotter, but definitely not near wide enough for a window frame. However with some padding and a small C clamp, I would think you could mock something up that works pretty well and doesn't cost 1K



    LOTS of options in the link above
     
    I do a vast majority of my hunting in a deer blind, and I love digiscoping with a spotter. I currently use my RRS tripod for this, but sometimes there’s just not enough room for it.

    Is anyone aware of a clamping platform that I could use? Idea would be clamp something to blind window frames of various widths (~1/2-3 1/2”) and put a micro ball head on it.

    I’m not sure this requires a RRS-level investment but I could be wrong.
    If you are somewhat handy you could whip up something like this:

    I don’t think their model opens as wide as you’d like. (They sell cheaper models too, which also have the same limitation)
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    With a ballhead on there you wouldn’t even need to go that complex. Could use an old-style wood clamp and mount the ballhead on that.

    This one is at Rockler:
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    Not cheap but it is a neat package. I do not blind hunt much so could not justify when I saw it.
     
    Not cheap but it is a neat package.

    I could see that for wives, kids, or old folks and heavy rifles.
     
    I’ll throw a Fortune Cookie over the blind window and kill any damned thing I need to with a rifle. And it sure seems royal retarded to spend the money on that contraption just for digiscoping. Not to mention it looks massive and you still have to go buy a bipod and a ballhead for it.