I have extensively hunted the forager and hunter spawns. The hunter USUALLY
spawns in the local of a small tower directly out from the EJ zone. The
forager spawns near some large ruins along the river out from the swamp
zone.

Until the tracking changes are completed...the easiest way to initially
pickup either the forager or the hunter on track is to use a druid, and next
best case a bard. Druids have a reduced range of tracking and are most
likely to see the forager or hunter on their "radar" in the more densely
populated areas. Once either the forager or hunter are killed once...a
ranger, bard or druid can pull them easily, as they show at the top of
track.

In my experience, the forager and hunter NEVER have a mundane placeholder.
It is either them or a rare spawn, which spawns immediately after the
previous mob is killed. I have also noticed that sometimes the forager or
hunter spawns far away from their normal spawn points..down near the
entrance to the undead city that holds the Sebilis entrance. Very rarely I
have also seen two foragers or hunters on track as well.

Lago Bardoon of Bertoxx
55 Troubadour
Guild Leader, Defenders of Aleria