Can't find a stud!!!

Trying to hang up my mount and cannot find a stud on the wall I had cleared off to put him on! Shouldn't there be one somewhat in line with the electrical outlet? I'm going nuts! I've nailed 4 holes! I'm tapping around and think it can hear/feel one, but can't get it!!! I know, I need a studfinder, but my wife isn't here right now...

But seriously... It's frustrating.

Here I am.............oh, a wooden stud. Sorry can't help.

Buy a stud finder. Lol. There is a stud on one side or the other of that plug the box is nailed to a stud, use screws they work better

Just buy a dry wall anchor

Every time I walk by a stud finder it starts beeping. Weird.

take the cover plate off the outlet and you should be able to see which side of the electrical bos the stud is on.

If you want a busted shoulder mount

anchor will work fine but make sure you get a good hold. stud is usually on the left side of the outlet. then 16" to the next one.....just get a dang stud finder (not your wife they are unreliable ).

This has to be pretty high on the dumb arse list of replies, not a good idea! See em come in every year for repairs. Find a stud!

Bingo. Then get a peice of string and create a plumb line and run it down the side of the electrical plate....

And I would use a screw.

No no no no find the stud

ok ok ok....i edited my post. get some crazy glue and a chain then........

Shoulda put 1/2" plywood under you sheetrock like someone I know. Then you can hang them anywhere you want.

The Hercules hooks you see on late night TV work good too!

I have a 30lbs pound mirror hanging in a bedroom with an 80lbs anchor. Guess I don't what I'm doing?

i thought his mount was a trophy prairie dog ....their not heavy

x2

You do what you want with a mirror they suck for shoulder mounts!!!!

Take a clear glass, drinking glass hold it to the wall, then put your ear to the glass, with the other hand tap lightly on the drywall until you hear the noise change from a boom- boom sound to just a dull thump.But before you start, be sure to set up a video camera, we'll drive 'em wild over at youtube.

You could see this post going south quick.

then post up pics!!!

Do what you want but the mounts look like hell when their nose explodes from the fall !!!!!! See four or five a year come in that way

You right! But if I was a deer I would score over 200...200lbs lol! But I'm a handsome buck!

maybe you got the buck that ran into the tree on the other thread?

All I know is I don't want this mount coming off the wall. I'm like a kid at Christmas who can't play with any of his toys!!! My Dad's fell off the wall last month after being anchored for 15 years. Busted it up pretty bad. My wife would kill me if this thing comes off the wall after I just paid the taxidermy bill. She already wasn't happy about that, even though I keep telling her $300 is cheap!!!!

tie straps?

Yep all my deer, birds, and ducks unlimited prints hang by these

Mighty putty

girlfriends dad has 7 shoulder mounts and 5 European plaques hung this way with never any problems

Here it is for the few minutes I left it up.

I wired houses for a year. Take the face plate off the outlet. You can then take a knife and insert it on either side of the nail on box to find the stud. If they used a standard nail on box, you won't be able to tell which side of the box the stud is on by looking at it

Nice Buck congrats on the good looking mount. Do what you want but I am a firm believer in hanging my mounts directly to a stud. Stud finder works best and they are pretty cheap at the Depot.

nice buck...looks like you already found the stud!

This should be the best way.

anchors work just fine.

bmd, u know they make dry wall anchors to hold REALLY HEAVY STUFF.... ya, the lil baby ones will pull out ona shoulder mount, but they make big boy anchors too.

I second third and fourth the stud...why chance it to a pice that just screws into your drywall? you can also get studfinders at wally world for like 8 bucks. spend the money and do it right the first time and save yourself the heartache of a possible messed up mount and a hole in your wall!!

Not that the anchors are not strong enough it is the drywall thickness I would worry about. Find a stud and be done with it for good.

Exactly!

I knew you would see it my way

When I first saw this post I thought it sounded like an ad in the back of "Dallas observer magazine".Go with the stud and don't jeopardize your trophy taking a nose dive into the floor.