As a hunter, he gave some animals stick! (6)
I believe the answer is:
nimrod
'as a hunter he' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'some animals stick' is the wordplay.
'some animals' becomes 'nim' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stick' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'nim'+'rod'='NIMROD'
'gave' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nimrod that I've seen before include "Skilful hunter (Genesis)" , "Best-known of Elgar's Enigma Variations" , "One of Elgar's Enigma Variations" , "Mighty hunter of Genesis" , "Antarctic summit" .)