Here are my dedicated "hunting" revolvers. The first is an Interarms Virginian Dragoon in .44 mag. They were only produced for about ten years, unfortunately. Too expensive to make and about half again the price of a Blackhawk or Super Blackhawk. They do have one significant advantage over transfer bar (New Model) Blackhawks, in that they have a traditional single action lockwork. This lockwork allows one to set it up for an absolutely silent cocking of the hammer, with no clicks, no rating cylinder, none of that. Simply bring it to full cock on a live chamber, lower the hammer to half cock, and sit on your stand like that. When game arrives, hold the trigger back while full cocking the hammer, then silently release the trigger so it grabs the full cock notch while carefully releasing the hammer into that notch.
There is no such ability on a transfer bar gun, nor on a double action. Cocking the hammer will always make noise, no way around it. Fine for a defensive gun, since you would not be defending yourself if the critter didn't know you were there already. But if you want to see game scamper off, just provide them with a metallic click.
Here's the Dragoon. Not real big, 6" barrel, about the size of a Super Blackhawk. I've been hunting with it since 1981. I used a 300 grain bullet from an LBT mold for years, but have now returned to the traditional 250 grain Keith bullet. I've never recovered one from any animal, it always goes all the way through.
I've hunted a bit with this 7 1/2" Colt in .45 Colt as well. Always with traditional black powder loads, which significantly outperform modern smokeless loads. A full case of 40 grains of Swiss 3Fg will crack 1,000 fps with a 250 grain bullet. Same advantage with the traditional lockwork. It's a much lighter gun as well.
Here are a couple that I could hunt with, but never have. S&W Model 29 in .44 mag and a Ruger Bisley in .45 Colt. Lots of people hunt with these, but the inability to cock them silently has dissuaded me for now. Handgun hunting is about like bow hunting, we need to get close. Close enough that the game would hear one of these being cocked.
So, it strikes me that my dedicated hunting guns aren't really much "bigger" than my woods bumming guns. Same calibers, same frames, just longer barrels. There are, of course, far bigger "handguns" with which some hunt. Some even have slings on them. Some weigh more than my lighter hunting rifles. Some have scopes on them. At some point, I have to wonder what's the point. But that's just me. Pretty much a traditionalist.