Prior to we talked about the Survival tree and how it can provide for us to be more adaptable and provides us and our parties with more survivability. But now we are going to discuss the Marksmanship tree, the most popular talent tree for Hunters. 
   By now we all know that an MM build is great for burst damage and supports great DPS output without dependency on the Hunter's pet. But, that can't be the only reason this tree is so popular, can it? We've long felt that many novice Hunters choose to place their points in the MM tree because it's just the most logical choice for folks who haven't done their Hunter Homework, and it's probably one of the easiest builds to play and be successful with. That's not to say that there aren't finer points to this tree that folks can learn to maximize their effectiveness. But because this tree is very intuitive to the dynamics of the Hunter class to begin with, it's easy for folks to understand the basics and be successful.
One thing that whenever Hunters spec into one of the other two talent trees (Survival or Beast Mastery), their remaining points are almost invariably put into the Marksmanship tree. This is because the MM tree plays to a Hunter's natural strength: ranged combat.
Lethal Shots increases your critical strike chance with ranged weapons by 5%. It's easy to see why this one's appealing.
An aimed shot that increases ranged damage by 870. This one is a staple for Hunters and works great for generating threat when using Misdirection.
Mortal Shots increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 30%. At first glance, it's obvious that this talent sounds good. When one of your attacks critically hits your target, whatever normal damage would've been applied to the target is increased by 100%. For example, if you fire Arcane Shot and it hits the target for 650, if that shot is a critical hit, the damage applied would be 1300. With Mortal Shots, that 100% damage increase upon a critical hit is increased to 130%.
Scatter Shot is a short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and confuses the target for 4 seconds. Any damage caused will remove the effect. As all the PvP hunters out there know, this little beauty is great in PvP situations where our dead zone tends to leave us vulnerable.
Ranged Weapon Specialization increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 5%.
Trueshot Aura increases the Ranged and Melee Attack Power of party members within 45 yards by 125.
Careful Aim increases your ranged attack power by an amount equal to 45% of your total intellect.
Master Marksman increases your ranged attack power by 10% and another free boost to ranged attack power. It's no wonder the MM tree is so popular!
Silencing Shot deals 50% weapon damage and silence the target for 3 seconds. This one is great for pulling casters, and shutting down opposing-faction casters in the battlegrounds/arenas for just long enough for you to get the job done.
Of course, this has only been a brief overview of the Marksmanship tree, and we've left a lot of the minute details out. Mostly because we feel by now this has to be the most familiar tree to just about all the Hunters out there, and it would be redundant to belabor the point.

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