Basically, hunting is catching animals by a variety of means, including tracking, or many different traps you can get once you level up. It has some good benefits to other partso the game as you get higher aswell, such as butterflys which can be caught and used in combat situations as potions, like Super Attack, except it is a butterfly, or the new harpoon that you can weild, freeing up a spot for fishing, Check the knowledge base to find more info.