How do I use textual evidence to describe Rainsford as a hunter?

The fact that Sanger Rainsford is a real hunter is indicated in the exposition of "The Most Dangerous Game" as he talks with his friend Whitney; later, Rainsford's status as an experienced hunter is evinced in his knowledge of how animals hide their paths and in his skill in making three different traps. At the end of the narrative, Rainsford is again in control as the hunter and victor of a duel between Zaroff and him.

In the exposition of the story, as Rainsford and Whitney travel on the yacht through the night, Whitney reflects on how the jaguar they soon will hunt must feel as it is pursued. Rainsford dismisses his friend's comment:

Don't talk rot, Whitney. . . . You're a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?. . . Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the hunted. Luckily, you and I are hunters.

Later in the narrative, Rainsford finds himself the unwitting prey of the jaded General Zaroff, who now hunts humans as the most dangerous game because they can reason and are more of a challenge. Nevertheless, the experienced hunter calls upon his knowledge of how to disguise one's trail by doubling back on it and creating other diversions. He creates a complicated path through the jungle, and he thinks that "only the devil himself" could follow such a trail. Because he is exhausted, Rainsford climbs a nearby tree to rest and watch for the general. The general succeeds in finding him but returns to his chateau, leaving Rainsford for the next day.

On the second day, Rainsford calls upon his knowledge as a hunter as he creates three traps. The first is a Malay man-catcher. The trap springs at General Zaroff, but he is knowledgeable of such a trap and jumps back in time, only receiving a minor wound. Then, on the third day, Rainsford makes a Burmese tiger pit, a trap for capturing the big cat. First, he digs a hole in the area of Death Swamp and fills it with stakes, which he hides in woven grass. This time only one of Zaroff's dogs is impaled in this trap. Finally, Rainsford runs from the dogs and recalls a native trick that he learned in Uganda. Creating another trap, he fastens his hunting knife to a "springy young sapling." With the blade of the knife pointing downward, Rainsford ties it back with green vines. As he listens, Rainsford does not hear anything but the rushing dogs and the men running. After climbing a tree, Rainsford observes that General Zaroff is still upright. However, Ivan is dead.

With the dogs in pursuit of him, Rainsford jumps twenty feet into the sea and is able to swim and reach the chateau. Rainsford hides behind the curtains of the bed in Zaroff's room and waits. When the general comes into his bedroom, Rainsford presents himself. He is again the hunter as he slays his victim.