Method and apparatus for producing animal sounds to lure animals

Abstract

Method and apparatus for luring a member of an animal species to an area in an environment. In one aspect, a pre-recorded sound that simulates an environmental contact sound made by the animal species in the environment is played back to lure the member of the animal species to the area. In another aspect, first and second pre-recorded sounds that simulate first and second sounds made by the animal species in the environment are played back contemporaneously.

1 . An apparatus for luring an animal to an area in an environment, the apparatus comprising: 
 a recording medium on which is stored a plurality of signals, a first of the plurality of signals representing a first pre-recorded sound that simulates a sound made by a species of animal when contacting an inanimate object indigenous to the environment; and    a user interface enabling a user to select the first signal from among the plurality of signals so that the first pre-recorded sound is played back.