I assume she's out there being a mighty hunter but deep down I know that she probably became the hunted (She was an indoor cat)...
Don't count her out yet, a small female cat tends to know her weaknesses and strengths, I salvaged a 9 months old female kat once, from a home that was uhmmm.. not so clean... being seperated from all she knew she nearly killed me the first night... the next day she climbed up on my lap to make friends...
She stayed with me for three months, then she left(hormones and all), she did not come back, she did show herself on several occasions, i was allowed to touch her, but not to pick her up, as she made clear, she was clearly pregnant, when she delivered she did in my neighbours backyard, and one of her kittens got seperated from the nest, and was adopted and raised by the neighbours daughter...
After some time, people decided there should be new cats in the house, I refused, but my vote was only one of many, and two new cats came into the house, one always wanted to be around me, sleeping in my room, climbing into my car, etc. Ironically she and the abandoned kitten became best friends, until I left that house, because my job required me to move, and I was actually forced to take the new cat with me, or she would have to be taken to an asylum(and she appaerantly was pregnated already), I rented a farmhouse for a 4 month period, and then moved on again to a nearby city, my cat(and her son) had walked back to the farm, so I talked to the nieghbours, who liked them, and let them stay and live with them.
Bottom line: Cat's are smart, and very, very tough, they can manage for themselves, and will always find a home and a nice master(of their choice).