i think the best way to secure on is with a bear safe box. you can lag bolt it to the tree then lock it on. i use the lock that doesnt have that much clearance on it so they cant cut it with bolt cutters. the boxes are around 30 bucks and the lock is about 15-20, but i think they are worth it. if you get on ebay they have the boxes that fit just about every type of camera out there. i have three for my cudde and one for my wildviews. even if they did vandalize the camera you should still have there pic on the memory card that you could turn into the CO's and law inforcement