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Yesterday we were trying out some different armies/formations/point levels and had a match up between a Pure Harlequin army vs the White Scar "Scarblade Strike Force" which included the "Hunting Force" formation from the Kauyon book.

The way that the bonus rule for the Hunting Force "The Hunter's Prey" is worded it seems to be useless against such an army.

Harlequins have no HQ models. And the 2nd/3rd choices are only valid prey after the HQ has been Destroyed.

We ruled it at the time: Since no HQ has been destroyed, the 2nd/3rd choice can never be prey.

Was that correct? Or should it have been a different ruling?

I'd force them to nominate your Warlord as the first target, then treat it as normal from there. That's just how I would play it, though.

Strict RAW... I guess you did it right? But RAI that's clearly off.

I agree with JNA it makes sense to force his warlord to be the first target; then to move on.

The RAW answer is the primary target cannot be chosen, and the secondary etc cannot become valid targets. Harlequins are not the only army without HQ there are many combinations of formation s which have no HQ and can form a valid army.