Tripod while hunting.....?

[chromedome]

This tripod comes in pretty handy.  

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[Billgonquin]

Ditto about the Gorilla pod. Maybe too little for some shots. I find my best pictures are with the camera slightly downhill from the shot and the subject filling the frame = CLOSE.
I'm also experimenting with a slave unit flash to light up the background.

I carry a small collapsable antique my son found for me at a tag sale. I've seen some small ones at Walmart.

[Weasel]

The Gorilla Pod is great!  I carry the larger one with a small Bogen ballhead on it.

Jerry

[Nick559]

If I'm on a photo hunt I use a carbon fiber tripod.  Lots of good ones out there and some are very reasonable.  Very light weight.  If I'm on a hunt, a mini tripod or snake twist (goes around a limb) or one of the rods with a mini head and a wood screw on the other end works great.  They weigh almost nothing and both attach to anything.  The two second delay that Terry mentioned is a great idea.  The only problem is with an SLR where light can get in (on some models) and trick the exposure meter.  You might have to cover the viewfinder first with something at hand.
I've done wildlife photography for over 30 years and the equipment today is fantastic.  You'll make a ton of mistakes as we all do.  Just try to analyze what you did wrong and not repeat the same mistakes.
A photo hunt and photography while you are hunting are two different animals and require two kinds of equipment.  Unless of course, you bring along a pack animal for double the equipment, as usual, you'll have the wrong equipment in you hands when the moment of truth comes.  It happens to us all.

[craig1955]

1+ for the Gorilla Pod

[Chinook]

Al,
Those Sportsmans tripods are really nice - but pricy - IMHO
Here's another idea you might consider.
I'm from Wisconsin - so plently of trees every where I hunt.  This is somewhat important to this system working.......
I use a Giotto's MT-9240 2 section tripod
a Giotto's Mh-1002 small ball head
and a set of misc bungee cords
and an "S" hook.
To use a tree as your tripod - attach a shorter bungee loop to the hook on the lower end of the tripod center column.  Then take a wrap or 2 around the tree with the longer bungee.  Attach the 2 bungees with the S hook.
The bungee tension holds the tripod horizontal to the tree.
The ball head gives you any camera angle you need.
The Giotto's 9240 weighs 1.8 lb. - $100US at B&H Photo
The small ball head weighs 0.5 lb. - $60US at B&H Photo
Both should be good for your Canon 350D weight.
It's a simple set-up and it has some limitations - but it works.
Chinook

[dragonheart]

I carry a small bendy tripod I bought at wally world.  I do not remember the name.

[Chris Shelton]

well i will probably seem crazy to you all.  I dont carry A tripod I carry three.  Only one is a standard size the others are small.  The one is a mini that I carry in my pack along with a gorrila, and then the standard is always in my hand.  I self film my hunts, so the camera is always at the ready.  Never while stalking big game have I missed a opportunity because of the camera.  But it seems to happend very few times when small game hunting.  I would rather not have any times when the camera impares my hunting, but that is part of self fliming

[vermonster13]

I picked up a Gorilla Pod myself.