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Alliance

Night Elf: Quickness reduces the chance that melee and ranged attackers will hit you. Night Elves also have the ability to stealth using Shadowmeld which can prove useful in a tight spot. Night Elves also possess extra Nature Resistance and as we all know extra resistance of any kind is never a bad thing.

Dwarf: Choosing the Dwarf race will provide you with Gun Specialization which increases your chance to critically hit with Guns, a very good choice for a Hunter unless you prefer Bows and Crossbows. Stoneform is useful for getting rid of poisons, diseases, and bleeding effects and it also increases your armor for a short time by 10%.

Draenei (Burning Crusade): The Gift of the Naaru will provide the Hunter with the ability to heal themselves or another target over 15 seconds, this ability could provide the small difference between life and death for you or your pet. Heroic Presence is very useful as it increases the Hunters chance to hit with all spells and attacks. Draenei also have extra Shadow Resistance and as mentioned before extra resistance is never ever a bad thing.

Horde

Tauren: The mighty Tauren get an increase in their base health with Endurance, providing any potential Hunter with a little bit of wiggle room before death befalls them. The Tauren's War Stomp is extremely helpful when attempting to escape back to where you can fire your ranged weapon. Tauren also have an extra resistance to Nature spells.

Troll: Berserking increases your attack speed by 20% and can very useful in increasing your DPS. Trolls also have the classic ability of Regeneration which increases the players Health regeneration rate in and out of combat. Trolls are also provided with Bow Specialization which increases your chance to critically hit with Bows. This ability can be very useful to Hunters for very obvious reasons. Finally for those who love PvP, Da Voodoo Shuffle, reduces the duration of all movement impairing effects.

Orc: While Hunters should avoid melee at all costs sometimes it can't be avoided of so the Orc's Axe Specialization which increases the players Expertise with Fist Weapons, Axes, and Two-Handed Axes can prove to be somewhat useful in a pinch. Blood Fury is similar, increasing the players attack power for a short period of time, this ability would be best used while soloing and forced to melee. More useful to Hunters is the Orcs Command ability which increases the damage dealt by the players trusty pet. Orcs also have Hardiness which reduces the duration of Stun effects and can prove useful especially in PvP.

Blood Elves (Burning Crusade): Arcane Torrent can be helpful in regaining mana and silencing any nearby enemies. The additional magic resistance given to Blood Elves is also good stuff.

Ranged weapons are essentially a Hunter’s bread and butter. These weapons are equipped in the ranged weapon slot which is located at the bottom of the character information screen (press C to display) near the melee weapon slot. Previously, Hunters were forced to carry around large amounts of ammo of different types, lower DPS (and cheaper) ammo for general kills, and higher DPS more expensive ammo for things such as boss kills. Most Hunters even carried around a special bag called an ammo pouch or quiver for their stores of ammo. Only able to carry ammo, this bag caused Hunters to lose valuable bag space.
Blizzard finally took mercy on Hunters in Patch 4.0.1 and removed ammo completely from the game. Thus allowing Hunters to kill what they please when they please without worrying about their stores of ammo. This new change also frees up an entire bag of space which should be appreciated by Hunters everywhere.

Tracking
Hunters gain the ability to track their  enemies starting at level two (with Track Beasts). Each type of enemy (beast, humanoid,  undead, hidden, elementals, demons, giants, and dragons) can be tracked using a  different ability. When an ability is active you will see any of thatose type of  those creatures on the mini-map (both friend and foe). Track Hidden of course  will only show nearby stealthed creatures and players and increase your stealth  detection. The Tracking ability is useful in both PVE and PVP settings.

Traps
Traps allow you to place a hidden trap on  the ground that can only be activated by the enemy. When they travel on top of  the trap it’s activated and whatever effect the trap had is unleashed on them.  Unlike some MMORPGs, there is no need to purchase the traps. You only need the focus in order to use a trap. Traps are placed directly below you and are very handy to use when someone (or some thing) is chasing you. A more recent change allows you to drop one trap from each element. 

Here are the traps currently available to Hunters:

Freezing Trap: A frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches preventing all action for up to 20 seconds. Any damage caused will break the ice.

Immolation Trap: The first enemy that walks over this trap will take Fire damage over time.

Ice Trap: Places a frost trap that creates an ice slick around itself for 30 seconds when the first enemy approaches it. All enemies within 10 yards will be slowed by 50% while in the area of effect.

Explosive Trap: Places a fire trap that explodes when an enemy approaches causing Fire damage and burning all enemies within 10 yards for additional Fire damage over time.

Snake Trap: A nature trap that will release several venomous snakes to attack. The snakes will die after 15 seconds.