I tested Hunting Party + Patron out solo. Without support, I found that 1-2 Patrons and 4 Hunting Parties was optimal. If you get an unlucky $4/$4 distribution on turn 3/4, 3-4 Patrons with 3 Hunting Parties can also hit these benchmarks:
Turn 11-12: 4 Provinces, 27 VP
Turn 13-14: 6 Provinces, 39 VP
Turn 15-16: 8 Provinces, 51 VP
Decently fast to 4 Provinces, and very reliable to 8 Provinces. If there's decent trashing and +buy, you don't do the monolithic thing.