Hunter (Benji)

The Hunter is the main, later secondary antagonist of Disney's 1987 film Benji the Hunted.

He was played by Red Steagall.

Role
The Hunter is first seen when he shoots down the Cougar mother. Benji attempts to comfort the dying animal, but he is chased away by the Hunter, who then retrieves the dead cat and marches off with it draped over his shoulders. Benji subsequently encounters four orphaned cougar cubs, belonging to the killed cougar, and he attempts to shield them from predation.

After Benji decides not to kill the rabbit for the cubs, he instead decides to steal one of the Hunter's chickens.

As Benji tries to steal another chicken the next day, the Hunter ties him to a tree and plans to kill him. The Timber Wolf tries to kill Benji and at first and the Hunter doesn't see him. The Timber Wolf comes back to the Hunter's cabin again and the Hunter shoots at the Timber Wolf, but misses, which ends up with the Timber Wolf running off into the forest. After he unties Benji and cleans up the mess, Benji finally steals one of his chickens to feed the cubs.

Trivia

 * While not shown, it is implied that the Hunter hunts down black-footed ferrets as well, as they are an endangered species and were shown after the seen where Benji meets the owl.