Abstract: The invention is an adjustable portable trap stand which can be easily anchored, allows the mounting of a trap to the stand, and provides for easy adjustment and locking so that the trap can be securely oriented in the desired direction. Briefly, the adjustable portable trap stand comprises a mounting plate to which a trap can be attached, a base which allows the trap stand to be securely anchored, adjusting means which permit the mounting plate to be oriented through a wide range of directions with respect to the base, and locking means that substantially fixes the orientation of the mounting plate in spite of recoil forces applied to it by operation of an attached trap.