Biggest tips, clear out everything that might aggro on you and larger herbivores as manes will aggro onto these. Use your tek helmet if on gen2

Use the net gun to separate packs and to pin your target down for easier trapping.

Only hunt during the day so you can have an easier time setting a trap.

Tame away from any rivers.

The AI really loves to bug on these making them impossible to tame. On sp you can simply reload after trapping to reset the ai. Mp players will have to find another method. If you have issues with it randomly aggroing or not sleeping the AI is bugged and you'll need to find a way to reset it- don't waste resources/sanity trying to tame if this happens