Hunter
A person who goes into the wild to take game — a figure whose work is patient pursuit and a single decisive shot.
A hunter in a dream is the dream's image of a person whose work is long patient pursuit ending in a single decisive act. The hunter does not stalk to no end; the stalking is for the kill, and the kill is for the meat. The dream brings the hunter when something in your life — a long pursuit of an opportunity, a careful tracking of a person you wish to reach, a patient closing in on a buying decision — is being carried out by a part of you that is willing to wait, to follow, and at the right moment to commit. A hunter returning with the carcass cleanly taken is the dream affirming the disciplined pursuit. A hunter returning empty, the day spent and the shot missed, is the dream noting that the long stalk did not convert, and the household will eat what was already on the shelf rather than what the pursuit was meant to bring back.