Only, it does.
No matter the whims of the players, the official way that hunters play in this game, rests upon the shoulders of the developers. There are as many ideas on what it means to play a Hunter as there are Hunter players. Some want to collect the pets, some want to be a sniper, some want to be melee and lob traps left right and center.
So, yeah... Give feedback (to the developers, in-game/on official forums) or reroll a class that better fits you, but the way Hunter plays in WoW right now, is fact. I don't like it, I miss the way it played in earlier iterations, but I could always reroll if it bugged me enough to keep me from enjoying the game.