Hi everyone my name is Joel Kunkel. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a part of the Wild Dakota team. Hunting with Jeff and Vern has been a blast. It’s not as easy as it looks though. It makes it a challenge when you add a camera to the mix. But hey; I’m up for the challenge. Hunting has always been a big part of my life. For as long as I can remember; I have always loved to hunt and fish. This is probably a trait handed down to me by my father. He always found time to take me with him hunting as a youngster. It must run in the blood; because I have a son and daughter that flat out love to go hunting and fishing with me. I probably got spoiled as a teenager in the fact that we lived on a farm near Mitchell SD. Some of the best pheasant hunting I can remember was right out our front door. As a kid I always looked forward to deer hunting with my father. Getting up at 4:30 in the morning had a whole new meaning when I was crawling into the truck and hoping my dad would put a big o deer on the ground. Now some 20 years later here I am in the same boat as my father. With two great kids; I am looking forward to sharing the same experience with them as my father had with me.