Spattering on the hunt (8)
I believe the answer is:
stalking
'spattering on the hunt' is the definition.
'stalking' can be an answer for 'hunt' (stalking is a kind of hunt). I am not certain of the 'spattering on the' bit.
'spattering on the hunt' is the wordplay.
'spattering' becomes 'ing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the hunt' becomes 'stalk' (stalk is a kind of hunt).
'ing' put after 'stalk' is 'STALKING'.
(Other definitions for stalking that I've seen before include "Carefully following" , "Covertly following" , "After game" , "Following stealthily" , "providing unwanted attention?" .)