Lvl 9 Tauren Hunter

So.. I played a little WoW last night.. and leveled up to 9th. I found I am dieing a LOT in the forests around Bloodsomethingorother town.. There are these huge fields with major amounts of cats, birds, and wolves, and some giant dinosaurs that I have not tried to fight yet.. I get locked in with one and 2 other come by and my Hunter can not fight hand-to-hand very well and BOOOM dead. Am I doing something wrong? Am I donkey at WoW too?

I am this | | close to leveling up to 10th which is where Hunters become more powerful. I will be able to get a pet and have him be my blocker while I peg people off with bullets. I also did not level up a few skillz I should have and will fix that..

On the good side I have a profitable skinning-leather making business going. Coinage is not going to be a problem with me.. I also do some first aid on the side.. Selling the made armor is worth some good gold.

I forget my server and character name right now but will post them later.. along with my pets name I hope.. I was going to be a Druid but I got into those ethical questions like if I was a druid in bear form and had sex with another bear would that be bestiality? I am just too much of a n00b to figure this one out..

I am also exhausted as I finished up at around 6AM.. I am still not sure if I like the game or not.. I may start a second character on Duggles server if I can do that..