Hunter had been around square dancing all his life, thanks to his grandparents and parents. His grandfather passed in 2002, and Hunter decided to start taking square dance lessons in 2004, after a little push from his grandmother.
Six months later, he picked up a microphone and began calling. Eventually, he would become the caller for various Billings clubs, eventually reviving the club his grandparents formed, the Checkerboard Squares. He called his first festival in July of 2007 in California. He has called in 46 states while also traveling to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and Taiwan to call. Hunter has also been staff on square dance land and cruise vacations to various locations around the world.
Hunter has been a member of CALLERLAB since 2006 and is a member of various committees and was elected in 2023 to serve a three-year term (starting in 2024) on the Board of Governors of CALLERLAB.
In 2007, Hunter attended his first Caller’s School with instructor, Scot Byars. In 2008, he attended his second school with instructors Tony Oxendine and Jerry Jestin. In 2009, Hunter was blessed to have an opportunity to have a week-long, one-on-one training with Jerry Story and Tony Oxendine at Pride RV Resort in Maggie Valley, NC.
Hunter was invited in August of 2008 to become a recording artist for Royal Records and has been fortunate to record many records since then.
In 2010, with the guidance of Larry and Susan Sperry, Hunter began to cue round dancing and released his first choreographed dance in December of 2019. Hunter cues through Phase IV.
Hunter resides in Billings, Montana where he is employed as Lead Funeral Director & Mortician for Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary.