Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170424154014/@comment-28288412-20170524000631

Huntsmen are essentially mercenaries who are paid to do a range of shit from helping defend towns to clearing out Grimm to assisting with expeditions and etc. Most of their shit involves dealing with Grimm, but they don't necessarily only actively hunt them.

Hunters are exclusively food gatherers. That's it. Can they do more? Sure, but it ain't part of the job.

Also Team RWBY only did the mission as part of training, they were following and supervised by a more experienced huntsman in the form of Oobleck. It wasn't a huntsman mission as in the one professionals get paid for.