Comes face to face with hunting parties (5)
I believe the answer is:
meets
'comes' is the definition.
(meeting is a kind of coming)
'to face with hunting parties' is the wordplay.
'to face' becomes 'meet' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hunting parties' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'meet'+'s'='MEETS'
'face' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Comes across" , "Hunt assemblies" , "Encounters or suffices" , "Gathers together" , "Effectively copes with" .)