SOUND RECORDING DEVICE FOR USE BY HUNTERS

The present invention provides for the unattended recording of game animal sound activities in hunting areas by combining an external microphone and a sound recording apparatus housed within a weather resistent case. The sound recording apparatus includes a high gain amplifier so that sounds over a wide geographic area may be detected. The output of the high gain amplifier is fed into a standard cassette tape recorder. The entire apparatus is provided with a digital clock and means for taking the output of the digital clock and turning the apparatus on and off at selected time intervals in order to take a sample of sound activity over an extended time interval without requiring the hunter to spend an excessively lengthy amount of time in reviewing the recorded sounds.