User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-3095304-20110905235523/@comment-1680839-20110906011205

Hunters have the uncanny ability to recover partially from injuries naturally at a comparatively lightning-fast rate and heal from "lethal" monster/plant-based poison, so I believe they hardly die from monsters, unless they get raped by so many monsters the cats can't get near them (If I remember correctly, there's an item in MHFU called "Master's Skull" or something, and the description states that it belonged to a fallen hunter)... So I think most hunters die naturally.