[hottpants]

the way i always deal with hunters is this:
most of the time you can see the pet coming, and for some reason, hunters love to sick their pets on locks first. so first fear pet, then you can send minion after it and cast Curse of Agony and maybe SB. the hunter will have done some ranged damage by this point so you run right at him, loading up dots. more than likely, he will try to evade you so he can get back to using his only option left, ranged attacks, because his pet is dead and hunter's melee is about as good as locks. depending on his life left, you can either fear him or just finish off with a shadowburn or something.
anyway, that's what i do, hope it helps.