An illustration of how to safely trap animals along lakes and sufficiently large shorelines for taming or hunting with very low skills and stats.
Step 1: Locate safe points to bring enemies to
Step 2: Locate the Prey, never assume that more dangers aren't hiding nearby
Step 3: Setup a trap and leave an opening, make the trap as big as you need to, to feel comfortable.
Step 4: Lure the enemy into the trap, larger traps give more time to get back into the shallows after the enemy charges at you
Step 5: Close the trap
Step 6: For taming, begin to call down the thunder to build as much initiative as you need
Step 7: To continue taming, use Evil Eye first to reduce its attack to 0, then build combat advantage with either Invocation of Skuld or Sidestep, reduce intensity to 0 with Consume the Flames or Float like a butterfly, and quell the beast
Step 8: If you're just going to kill them, simply use a ranged attack or build initiative with call down the thunder. The AI only repaths occasionally, so you can use one or two moves/attacks on them before you need to return to the shallow water to prevent them from attacking you. A simply method is build 26 initiative, Opportunity Knocks 4 times, then Valor Strike or Knock his teeth out.
Step 9: After a few arrows/rocks/punches/slashes the enemy will become docile, allowing you to safely walk beside them to improve aim speed or use moves like Charge. Check the top right corner to verify they have an olive branch rather than a sword.
Step 10: Great Victory!