I put mine at bout 18-24" off the ground on a tree... i like it slightly downward angle, so i put a stick if i need it, usually i do. Ive gotten well over 4000 pics since january and after a while you figure out how to set it up... Just had to take mine down cause i got a pic of a trespasser, im sure he was going to come back w/ some tools to get it off..... [:@]