Eh, I can kind of see why the devs put it there, but I'd have to agree for the most part. It would fit best rolled into Animal Tracker. I actually took a point into that for the first time since my very first days of playing this game because I was struggling to find meat. It got me thinking, though. Similar to how Pack Mule was worthless, Animal Tracker past the first point is also pretty worthless (even then, most players rarely use it). It would be nice if animal tracker gave you more than just finding animals.
If The Huntsman were rolled into Animal Tracker and just rename it to the Huntsman, it would make it more desirable and useful. I don't think you'd have to keep all the same perks of the huntsman, either. It's pretty powerful past the first 2-3 levels. Just balance it out a little.