My hunter(not this one) which I’m playing on, has been my main character since early/mid TBC. Prior to then I mostly tanked as a warrior, while my hunter was still in the lower levels.
The most fun I’ve ever had with my hunter was between the end of WotLK, up until the pre-patch for Legion hit. For that entire time, I played as Survival. The theme of being a munitions expert and trapper really clicked with me.
If anything, I can but hope that the devs will eventually return that theme/playstyle as an option for the class, preferably as an addition to the class, not as a replacement to something that we already have.