I'm the prey that plays dead...confusing the crap out of the predator. It works well..

Im prey mostly but can turn predator if needed

I feel like prey and I HATE it.

After a good number of screwings, I try to steer clear of people who look like they're fishy, but I don't have good intuition.

For some, all of this is a game! I find it too dangerous, not equipped (and not too fond of games anyway). Bah - Virgo Mercury mind-set?

Generally predator, not because I want to... usually men feel a bit intimidated around me, so I become the predator, but would love to play the prey (Pluto first, Leo Mars conjunct chart ruler Venus).

I guess Im prey, technically. But the predator can be prey too in some scenarios. Depends on which level you look at it from. 

I have fallen prey to predators on a number of occasions, despite my best instincts. Luckily, I have pretty astute skills for getting myself out of trouble.

If I go by Merriam-Webster's two definitions of predator, I like to think I am neither.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predator

If we stretch those definitions, more towards going after what you want, but without anybody getting hurt, then it's a whole 'nother matter. (But no longer predation, in my book.) Semantics. This Virgo+Libra doesn't like answering a question without being clear on the terms ??