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[jclayjim]

Jon, I'm not interested in selling plans as much as sharing my ideas and what few how-to's and tools I have come up with. However I can't find where or how to do this. So I am using this to submit to Photography the following dialog and photos of a simple seasonal build. I hope you can move it to the correct area.

Here in Wisconsin, snowy weather is a winter given. Add to that today's forecast of a snow and freezing rain mix and you might want to bring in your trail cams. I pretty much leave mine out all year in my yard. We have such a mix of animals that come up into the town that we like to keep track of who/what is around. During the winter months our bushes and shrubbery get eaten by the deer and it is not unusual to have a fox family pass through the yard. So I have had to come up with a little extra protection from the weather for my cams. It is really a simple and inexpensive build but works well. When the cam is strapped to an upright post or tree, the paint stirrer slips between the can and whatever it is strapped to, shielding the cam from the weather. I would suggest you paint the inside of the coffee container with a flat, dark paint. How you decorate or camouflage the outside
is, of course, up to you.