Sometimes you may want to get a Hunter to a particular location. You can taunt him along by continually letting him swipe then backing off; either face to face, or with your back to him if you're confident of just using sound. When you want to take him a long way though, you can do it a lot more efficiently as follows.

When a Hunter is not quite close enough for a swipe at you, he'll run at you to try to get within range. Or at least, he will on Normal or higher; on Easy he'll be more hesitant which is unhelpful. Once he's running at you like this, it's possible to lead him along at close to your full running speed. Remain just out of his swiping range and he'll keep on coming. Listen to his sound behind you to judge where he is, or watch the blip on your motion tracker and try to keep it just within the inner circle or thereabouts. If he's getting a bit close, speed up else he'll try a swipe. If he's starting to fall back, slow up else he might open fire. Doorways or other narrow gaps may impede his progress and you might have to let him take a few swipes at you to get him through (you'll back off from these swipes of course); but for the most part you should be able to keep him running.

Incidentally, with a bit of care it's possible to get more than one Hunter running after you at once, if you want to.

Getting away

If you want to finally get away from a Hunter you've been taunting along, dodge a swipe and run back past him quick. By the time he turns to face you, you should be far enough away that he doesn't chase, though you'll probably want to do a bit of weaving to try to avoid the inevitable bombardment if you're in the open.

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