Diary of a Muzzleloader Hunter eBook

by Dave Sabrowsky

Overview

With his unique voice, vast experience and keen sense of humor, author Dave Sabrowsky shares his feelings and frustrations as he takes the reader on a wilderness hunt with his muzzleloader year after year in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Day by day he introduces the reader to his friends and shows us the land. As he tracks his quarry, he teaches us about the area – the hills, the swamp and the forestation.

Dave’s book, however, is not about teaching us the ins and outs of muzzleloader hunting. It is a book about friendship and camaraderie. It is about loving the land. It is about tradition. It’s about hunting the way it used to be done, and still can be done to some extent at certain times of the year and places in the state.

Year after year, Dave returns to the Michigan Upper Peninsula – often with the same friends, sometimes with new ones. All have a love for the hunt and the land. Year after year, conditions vary – sometimes cold and snowy, sometimes warm and snow free. Year after year, the deer herd changes; numbers change; gender ratios change. Dave shows us a progression with the hunts and the hunters. We get a sense of moving through the time with him.

Sabrowsky never intended to write a book about his group hunting deer with muzzleloaders in the U.P., but by keeping a journal, or diary, of what happened on each year’s hunt, that’s exactly what he ended up with – this book. So grab a cup of coffee, and settle into your favorite easy chair, and prepare to enter into the life of a muzzleloader hunter. This is a pleasurable read for male and female – hunters and non-hunters alike!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148864455
Publisher:	Dave Sabrowsky
Publication date:	11/29/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	151
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

A Wisconsin Conservation Warden from 1977 to 2002, Dave Sabrowsky was an avid deer hunter all of his life. As a novice participant in his father’s group, he learned the skills and practices from some of the best early deer hunters the central Wisconsin area has ever produced.

The only profession that he could truly call his dream career came at a fairly high price. Being a warden meant working when others were busy hunting, and as a result, the duties filled most of his fall calendar. Only a minimal number of mornings or evenings were available to spend bow hunting. When good friends and family would gather at the hunting cabin during the gun deer season, Dave could steal away only a few hours to join them in camp.

Not wanting to abandon his other passion, which was deer hunting, he found an alternative in Michigan’s December muzzleloader season. He and his friends participated in those muzzleloader hunts from 1979 to 1999.

Built upon the lessons he learned from his father and honed through his own experiences, Dave has tested his abilities in various environments. He hunted deer and elk in Colorado and Wyoming, and whitetails in Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin. However, he categorically states that the most challenging yet rewarding hunting experiences were the muzzleloader hunts to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

For reasons he is unable to explain or understand, Dave kept a daily diary of those hunts. It has been well over a decade since hunting the U.P., but since rediscovering his notes, he has transformed that diary into book form. It was a unique experience shared by a select few. As only those who participated know, it was a different kind of hunt.