WotLK Ranged or malee weapon

[zelkoman]

Hey! I just wanted to spend my points to buy a weapon for my hunter. So assuming that my hunter doesn't have essential both ranged and malee weapon which one should I buy, which one is more important?
What I mean is that most time hunter is using bow/crossbow/gun, but malee weapons provide more base stats and seems to be more important, not taking into account weapon dmg.
Does it depends on spec also? I would like to go MM and BM as a 2nd spec.

[nubseeker]

Dude u arent a warrior, ofc range one. Melee is only for the stats.

[Bensten]

There's just nothing as important as your weapon damage on your ranged weapon. No matter the other stats, this one will define your damage the most.