I have a lowbie hunter and they're a lot of fun. Consider an Orc becuase of the pet racial ability -- plus tauren start with gun and have to train bow, orcs start with bow.
Yes, enjoy levelling, take your time. You will only level up your first time once. After that you'll be power-levelling -- so enjoy the beauty that is WoW as much as you can your first time through.
And, don't kid yourself, hunters have a big job in all groups, even raid groups. Pulling. Hunters are the perfect pullers because they have 3, yes 3, ways to ditch aggro. Hunters have essential pulls in Molten Core on Baron Geddon, Shazzrah (depending on how you do it) and Golemagg, for instance. They also have a special tranquil shot ability that's needed on Magdamar.
So, when you finally get to level 60 you *will* be valuable and needed.
Enjoy!
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