So would it be possible that Hircine could trick his followers into summoning him and then unleashing his great hunt upon them? And could this occur after the Oblivion crisis.
I don't think he has to be summoned, or that he just sits in his realm and waits for his next hunt to go down. I think he does it once an Era (or so, not sure on the exact frequency with which the hunt happens) because he enjoys the showmanship of it, not because he gets off on it