Hunter's first encounter with the forests and lakes of Fiordland occurred when his parents shifted south from Auckland bringing him and his younger brother with them. From an early age the allure of the bush stayed with him and by his late teens he knew it was where he wanted to live and work. For the next twenty-five years, Hunter became a professional deer hunter setting up his own base in the Back Valley of Manapouri. Taking knowledge from older bushmen and hunters, he rebuilt former cattle trails and walking tracks and brought in his own team of pack horses to help him carry the plentiful supply of deer carcasses he shot in the area. In this profile, he talks about that work, his parents and family and a life spent in the outdoors.