I feel your pain.
I know it goes against all the common wisdom, but I also firmly believe that my Ava's hunting luck is in the crapper. 3 years, and 1 mediocre HOF, with my highest loot in the mid-200's.
My Ava also seems to have poor luck on contruction and mining as well. I consider a "good" run to be one that brings back more than 100 PED on the 150 I put into each typical run.
I've tried to analysize what I'm doing that's different from the more successful players, but couldn't find anything particular.
Lately I've been focussing on doing a lot of sweat runs and focussing on the skill gains (aiming for Level 30 Swordsman). Even the sweat runs are net losses since I kill the mobs and tend to be slightly un-eco overall.
I tell myself that
MA is just saving all that loot up for "the big one", so let's see which one of us get's it first.
Good Luck!