Hunted in the land around the southeast (6)
I believe the answer is:
chased
'hunted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'land around the southeast' is the wordplay.
'land' becomes 'chad' (Chad is an example).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'the southeast' becomes 'SE' ('SE' can be a synonym of 'southeast').
'chad' placed around 'se' is 'CHASED'.
'in the' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for chased that I've seen before include "Pursued or engraved" , "Pursued at speed" , "followed" , "Went after with the intent to catch" , "Hunted" .)