A bracket for holding binoculars, the bracket having a cylinder shaped receptacle with a cylinder wall with an opening that extends between a first rim and a second rim of the cylinder wall. The first rim of the cylinder wall has a stop collar extending in an inward direction. An aperture is formed between the first rim and the second rim that is configured to receive a protrusion of an object to be held by swiveling the protrusion into the aperture for positively interlocking therewith. The bracket may be mounted on a tripod or on some wall of a hunter's raised blind for holding binoculars.