I put up my Elk mount today, approximately 80lbs, with those 200lb Ook no stud hooks. Has anyone had any experience with these or suggestions? Im scared to death that my $800 mount goes crush in the middle of the night....

Sounds risky. I have not seen these hooks. Hope it works out!

My opinion is that you must hit a stud. Your mount may weigh 80 lbs, but there is a much more leverage than that because most of the weight sits so far out from the wall. Good luck though.

I have the problem of when I get a new mount home there is never a stud where I have planed to put it. I have always cut out the drywall and added 2x4 nailers and never lose sleep over the worry of my lifelong invesment falling. It is time and money well spent IMO.

Take a look at this. Might work for you, and you can always find a stud, then position your mount as you want it to look.

www.animalsinmotion.net/

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Originally posted by Blank:
Take a look at this. Might work for you, and you can always find a stud, then position your mount as you want it to look.

www.animalsinmotion.net/

Some good ideas on that website!

Drywall is particularly susceptible to fatigue under load. That's where the magic unfixable cracks in poorly built homes come from. You can patch them over and over and they keep returning.

In short, such a device MAY hold for a short time but NO WAY I'd trust it over the long haul on a heavy mount.

The fatigue on the drywall will eventually haunt you.

Find a stud or install one. I use 1/4" x3 1/2"LG hex head lag bolts in a stud to support my heaviest mounts.

Best trick is if the wall you plan on hanging the heavy mount is shared by an attic space. You then can pick a stud from the back side of the wall and drill your pilot hole dead center of the stud from there.