I have always had an American flag hanging out side any houses I have owned.
Several weeks ago I installed a ring camera looking out over my driveway to the left and above my flag.
No mater what I did to the settings on the camera every time the flag moved even slightly the camera would start recording, so I took the flag down temporary.
I have a big oak tree in my front yard that is light at night and was thinking I could hang the flag on the tree.
Is this proper?

Not sure on proper, but have seen it a lot around here. Most just use a post mount & screw it into the tree .

I see plenty of flags mounted on trees in my neighborhood. I don’t know if the screws hurt the tree. I have a large oak I’d like to put a flag on. Just need to find a good flag pole for it. The ones I’ve bought at box stores always break in strong wind.

I posted a thread last year about losing a few plastic mounts to wind, there were some good HD options for flag mounts in there.

If you leave it long enough, the bracket will be buried in the tree.

I never quite understand the question of ‘proper’ for displaying the flag. It’s your flag on your private property, not on your uniform. I say the first amendment says you can hang it however you like. I think your intent (tasteful and positive) will show. If it has a big, horizontal branch, a vertical orientation would look nice, but it really depends on how the tree is shaped.

Sure. You could attach a 45* pole mount to the tree and display the flag on the pole, hang the flag from a suitable 45* or horizontal branch, or even hang the flag vertically from the tree using a banner hanger.

As far as screws/hardware damaging the tree -

Unless you do MAJOR damage to the bark, like all the way around the tree, you are not going to affect the life of the tree.

There is a process called “girdling” the tree that will kill it. This involves taking a band of bark, say a foot wide and all the way around, off the tree.

A few screws, even heavier lag screws, will typically not kill a tree. It is possible though, as mentioned by MNSIG, for the tree to eventually grow over the hardware and even enclose the metal within the tree. This can be very hard on a chainsaw….

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

I posted a thread last year about losing a few plastic mounts to wind, there were some good HD options for flag mounts in there.

"HD"

Heavy Duty? Home Depot? (probably not High Definition)

I know you are speaking of an OAK. A tree which would be damages by this would be a palm....they are not self healing.

Cheers

The Ring camera doesn’t have the ability to “mask” out the flag?

I work with security cameras for a living and they all should have the ability to ignore a designated area so it doesn’t trigger motion recording.

I would not want the precious flag to be in a tree, where squirrels and birds and bugs reside.

Work with the camera controls.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

I posted a thread last year about losing a few plastic mounts to wind, there were some good HD options for flag mounts in there.

"HD"

Heavy Duty? Home Depot? (probably not High Definition)

Yes, heavy duty. Apologies for the abbreviation

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Originally posted by PASig:
The Ring camera doesn’t have the ability to “mask” out the flag?

I work with security cameras for a living and they all should have the ability to ignore a designated area so it doesn’t trigger motion recording.

I tried to limit the activation zone but the camera still picks up the movement. It also has a mode to only activate for people but it still starts recording whenever a car drives by.

Had the same issue with our Ring at put old house. Ended up moving the flag to the garage & mounting in brick.
No more ring false alarms & was more sturdy in the brick, than the wood veneer by the front door.

As far as being proper, as long as the guidelines in the Flag Code are followed, I don't think it matters what the Flag is mounted on.

My official size Flag is on an 8' 45° pole on my garage. I did have to have a few tree branches lopped off to avoid tangling.

flashguy