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[Anne Rice Vampires] Can they be hunted?

I've only seen Interview With A Vampire, and haven't read the books, so if this is dumb, excuse me. 

But can these vampires be hunted by a human or is this a suicide mission?  These vampires seem to only be killed by decapitation and sunlight.  Decapitation seems possible, if not for the fact that they can apparently move faster than the human eye can see. And sunlight obviously doesn't follow human command. Stakes through the heart do nothing. 

Fire might be usable, but carry a flamethrower around seems implausible. Same for explosives. 

So would trying to become a vampire hunter in this setting just be suicide?  

On that note, why hide if almost nothing can kill them?
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Anne Rice vampires grow more powerful as they age, so hunting one of the legendary ancients would certainly be suicidal.  Conversely, most vampires dont live much longer than a few decades, and aren't much stronger than a particularly strong human during that time, so an exceptionally talented human could definitely be a vampire hunter so long as they focused on taking out the trash.

Lestat, by the time of the movie, is several centuries old.  He's powerful, but not invincible like a millenia-old vampire would be.  A large, well-trained, and well-equipped team of hunters could probably bring him down.  Later on in the novels he gets some power boosts by drinking the blood of some older vampires, and becomes strong beyond his years.

As for why they hide?  Vampires who survived their early years did so by hiding, so the older ones are inclined to continue hiding.  Beyond that, most vampires are ashamed of what they are and what they must do to survive.  That shame drives many to suicide, and the ones who aren't suicidal inevitably become shut-ins or otherwise withdraw from the world.  Lestat is nearly unique among Vampires in his willingness to engage with the modern world to the extent that he does.