Typical Day & Tactics

Greet your guide or interpreter at the airport and make the often-quick drive through the rural countryside to your lodgings. Depending on when you arrive, you could instantly head out for an evening hunt, or relax, enjoy dinner and unpack with plans to kick off at dawn the following morning. Like many ungulates, Roe deer are most active in the mornings and evenings, but during the peak rut they can be active most of the day.

Meet your guide in the early pre-dawn at your lodgings each morning and hit the field looking for Roe deer literally the moment the sun crests the horizon. During the late spring (May) and early fall (September) hunts, strategies are usually straight spot & stalk, walking and using vehicles to cover as much ground as possible keying in on above average bucks. During the rut (late July/early August) calling tactics are widely used, seeing as Roe bucks are hard wired to dash into the sound of a doe call. Their territories are small and your guide will likely know where some big Roe bucks live, which will be spots to cherry pick throughout the week. Perhaps you can lure the buck out, enticed by the call. Action is usually pretty steady. At times enclosed stands or “high-seats” as they are locally called are used to lay in wait for a particular buck of interest once he is located.

After an exciting morning hunt, return to the lodge for a hearty breakfast, followed by some downtime or a chance to explore the local area. Have a late lunch and then head back afield for the evening hunt and continue locating and evaluating Roe deer until dark each day. Once back at the lodge after sunset, enjoy a list of traditional dinner menu items with all the Polish trimmings. Opportunities at Wild Boar can always occur, and a Roe Deer/Red Stag combo in September is also a very popular option. Most hunters take between 3 and 6 Roe deer per week, and once the 5 days are up, hunters are driven back to the airport, or a hotel if continuing any European travels.

Landscape & Climate

Rural Poland offers a very huntable and game rich terrain. The landscape is generally flat, but complete with wooded hills and highly fertile rolling farm country. Cereal crops, vegetables, canola, corn and pasturelands are reminiscent of home. This region is dotted with woodlots, fruit orchards, pine plantations and larger tracts of mixed forests largely made up of Birch, Oak, Poplar and species of Pine.

The weather during the late spring and summer can get warm, typical of summers in the northern hemisphere. Rain can occur but is rarely prevalent. Expect light dew in the mornings, heating up in the midday with vegetation green and generally leafed out. Early season in May feels like spring, the rut in late July and early August feels like summer, and combo hunts in September see some cooler, early fall weather. For detailed weather data, Wikipedia is an excellent resource for historic weather trends found in the “Climate” section available for any city worldwide.

Meals & Accommodations

A country like Poland comes with rich culture and historic charm. A variety of lodging options can be arranged for hunters. Palaces, old luxurious manor homes, renovated heritage hotels in small villages, or rural cottages are all options. Nearly every venue will have its own unique story or post-war restorations. You can expect private rooms, complete bathrooms, moats, gardens, courtyards, dining halls & gracious common areas.

Meals are often catered or served in an adjoining restaurant all-inclusive with every package. Enjoy 3 hearty meals daily featuring an array of locally sourced Polish favorites. Soups, sausages, sauerkraut, salads, assortments of cold cuts & cheese, smoked fish, schnitzel, chops & roasts, followed by delicious deserts. In classic eastern European hospitality, no one ever goes hungry!

Key Equipment Suggestions

This hunt only requires basic equipment. A light day pack, 10x binoculars, rangefinder, headlamp, comfortable walking boots, rain gear, a digital camera, light hat, sunglasses and perhaps a little bug repellant covers the essentials.