Petitions regarding hunts (8)
I believe the answer is:
requests
'petitions' is the definition.
('request' can be a synonym of 'petition')
'regarding hunts' is the wordplay.
'regarding' becomes 're'.
'hunts' becomes 'quests' (quest is a kind of hunt**).
're'+'quests'='REQUESTS'
(Other definitions for requests that I've seen before include "Supplications" , "Petitions" , "Asks for" , "Applies" , "demands" .)