I like being the hunter rather than the hunted,

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an' you're strong. Can't nobody beat a hunter. But when you get hunted - that's different. Somepin happens to you. You ain't strong: maybe you're fierce, but you ain't strong." - Muley

You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

In order to survive in a world of instinct,
its' alternative is to hunt or being hunted.
Reject this, then be prepared to be hunted.

I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.