Welcome to the Huntback Country podcast. This is episode number 561.

And Steve and I today are joined by Rob from S&S Archery.

And if you don't know Rob or don't know S&S, you'll hear a bit about that backstory as we get

into this conversation.

But we're ultimately having this conversation with Rob about a journey he went through

in 2025 with cancer and the hunt that we shared together in Kodiak at the end of 2025

to kind of celebrate the recovery and Rob's journey. We dive into all that in this conversation and

that hunt film and more of Rob's story is available on YouTube as well. So if you want to see

the hunt, if you want to see more of Rob's story, go check out the link in the show description for that. While you're also

there checking out the links in the show description, I went ahead and shared an article kind of

recapping some of the unique gear lessons that I've learned hunting Codiac for Sitka Blacktail.

This past year in 2025 was my fourth trip to Codiac to hunt

Sitka Blacktail. And it's not a gear intensive trip per se, but there are some unique aspects to

hunting Codiac in mid to late fall. And I kind of dive into what you need to know if you're ever

looking to do a trip like that from a gear perspective another thing to check out there is rob

decided to give away a $500 gift card for s ands archery if you guys sign up for their email list.

So you'll see that link in the show description as well.

Hit pause and check all that out right now.

The film, the article, the giveaway, if you'd like,

or you can do that after this conversation that we're getting into right now.

Thank you. this conversation that we're getting into right now. Rob, how did you, so you weren't there in the beginning with S&S. Archery.

Steve, you started this all by yourself.

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