The phrase "about to hunt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone is on the verge of starting a hunting activity or is preparing to hunt.
Example: "The wolves were silent, poised and about to hunt as the sun began to set."
Alternatives: "ready to hunt" or "preparing to hunt".
It might be said that Christopher McCandless did indeed starve to death in the Alaskan wild, but this only because he'd been poisoned, and the poison had rendered him too weak to move about, to hunt or forage, and, toward the end, "extremely weak," "too weak to walk out," and, having "much trouble just to stand up".
They have even inspired a new television series, "Hogs Gone Wild," about efforts to hunt them from Hawaii to Alabama.
And hunting experts wanted to display their authority and educate the public about how to hunt safely, so they retold the story of Cheney's accident with the benefit of their specialized knowledge.
He began to advise her about how to hunt for him, but she said that she just wanted to warn him that she was going to yell for the boy.
Computer Gaming World, for example, complained about having to hunt for the small hotspots that allowed actions to occur.
This total stranger wasn't shy about wanting to "hunt down everyone who was at my open house and shake them until they tell me why they didn't make an offer".
The Greensboro police have told varying stories this week about their efforts to hunt for Mr. Pride.
Not a word was said about the quest to hunt down Osama bin Laden, nor the attacks in the United States.
Hutto argues that those qualities do not characterize wild turkeys… Writer tells about his attempt to hunt wild turkeys by using a slate and a stick to imitate the mating call of a hen.
In the first video, the team talk about a new way to hunt for the Higgs.
