The Cata challenge tame owl (the green spirit one) is my Horde Hunter’s pet of choice. On the Alliance side, I always use Hati. I never understood the hate for Hati. 
Thank you thank you!
Primarily my hunter(Horde btw) runs with the Kurken from Azuremyst Isle, but has Thok, the Tortos lookalike from Suramar and Gara on hand if I need 'em. I have no idea what’s in his stable though.
I use an Outland-styled blue and white wind serpent (actually a rare in Stonetalon Mountains) as MM… when I’m using a pet, anyway. Being able to bloodlust is a pretty awesome utility.
Sometimes I use the white cobra from Vol’dun for run speed, too.
My hunter’s primary pet is a fel-boar. He’s the cutest little piggie. I named him Tonton. Good tank & damage. Tontonvalso completes my transmog + mount aesthetics for him.
Fire turtle is the only pet ill ever need.
O.O holy heck that’s a lot more replies then i expected…
You must be fun at parties for pets.
also i just use a dog, got no issues with a pupper hangin around, (both metal and fleshy ones, also this is hawkens)
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I have a sea gull on my hunter named Steven.
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Hati or Gara, sometimes Myonix.
I prefer spirit beasts but I’m not patient enough to look for the rare ones. I do have the spectral gryphon on this character due to a happy accident, but having a winged, non-flying pet feels weird.
I use 2 red draenor raptors that match the appearance of Skullripper which was my mount before pathfinder2.
They also color match my transmog pretty well.
Now I don’t main a hunter or even remotely do anything beyond mog runs on my 120 Hunter…but I generally go for the Rule of Cool…now if I raided or pushed Keys on it…it would probably be a bit more limited in scope.
I have an Owl for general use PvP (also a reference to the Owl Scout ability that Rangers had in pre-release WC3 before they were cut), a Hyena for targeting healers, and a Gorilla for tanking in world content.
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Ranger_(Warcraft_III)
I like cats, but don’t use them since their stealth ability makes them so agonizingly slow, and turning it off feels against the spirit of the pet.
I use this WoWhead list as a reference for which pets to use, since pets are kinda restricted in end game BFA:
My hunter has always used a variety of pets, but I always preferred having a boar. It was traditionally a tank pet was the main reason, but there’s just something about their animations and noises and I always enjoyed more than the other types of beasts.
I’m a sucker for sabers.
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The iron wolf, one of WoD’s few positive additions to the game.
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My Hunter is so old that she didn’t start with a pet.
On my main I tame the rarest pets I can get my hands on. I enjoy the challenge of finding them.
No I don’t have a sporebat.
I have several Hunters (thanks for allied races) and I started color coding them. One Hunter has all blue pets, another has all red, etc. Atm I have:
- 2 blue
- 2 green
- Yellow
- Red
- Black/void
- Pink/Purple
- White
My vulpera will be orange (to match their unique starter pet) and my mechagnome will be brown.
p.s. The pet I use for every thing on all my Hunters is a spirit beast. They’re truly the best pet. They’re a heal for you and a heal for tanking. Just use these two macros (replace my name with yours):
/cast [target=Tovi] Spirit Mend(Exotic Ability)
/cast Mend Pet
/cast [target=pet] Spirit Mend(Exotic Ability)
I generally use tanky ferocity pets for solo play. They make for good tank pets and the lust gives that extra boost for soloing rares
On this hunter I primarily use a Thunder Lizard (scale hide). A black one from Un’Goro named Skum after the boss in WC. It has a shield when it hits 50% health and Trolls thematically just work with reptiles.
On my Dark Iron I use a red Core Hound named RockynBitey. It has a 50% reduction in damage every minute and does fire damage to attackers. Great pet for pulling groups of mobs and a DI without a Core Hound just isn’t doing it right.
On my Goblin It’s a Gorilla named BigBooty. It has a 60% damage reduction if it falls below 40% health. Gorillas and Goblins just seem to fit. If mechanical pets had ben Ferocity, I’d have gone with one of them.
I always use Spirit Beasts. Right now, I’m using Loque-Nahak.
As BM I use both Hati and the white cat from Winterspring. I’ve had that cat since I hit the level I could tame it back in Wrath and can’t part with him. 