Balmung is one of or possibly the largest population server. Often there are about 5 full parties actively hunting during peak hour. All these parties are in contact through several hunt linkshells and are actively exchanging information and hunt calls. When a hunt is found by one of these parties, it is called in party/linkshell/shout and every actively hunting party will hear about it within 10 seconds.

This relationship is mutually beneficial. All actively hunting parties will get full credit for 95%+ hunts that spawn. Occasionally an A rank will get killed quietly by a small group/individual but this is rare.

Hunts were adjusted several patches ago to make it much easier to get full credit even with a large number of players present. Just to clarify, it doesn't matter how many people show up even in the busiest time period on the busiest server. If you are in a party who are at the hunt mark, you will almost certainly get full credit.

While there is sometimes a particular FC or individual attempting to cause grief by pulling before anyone else has a chance to get there, it is likely that the hunt will not be pulled until this "train" of actively hunting parties arrive.

If a hunt is pulled with knowledge that the large group of actively hunting parties are on the way, I would say this is inconsiderate. Repeat offenders will be banned from most hunt linkshells and blacklisted by some people. If anyone complains about an early pull when in fact there has been sufficient time since the hunt was first called to teleport to the closest aetheryte and travel to the hunt mark, they will usually be corrected by the active hunters that it was not an early pull.

In summary, it is within the rights of anyone to pull any hunt at any time if they choose to. However, if the early puller is leeching from the community by attending hunts found by others but refusing to share hunts they find personally, they will be excluded from most hunting linkshells and parties. Not only is sharing hunts polite and courteous, it also benefits the entire server.