Just bola it, and use tranq arrow or dart, be careful on doing it tho because of their low health, i took level 24 using around 3-4 tranq arrow with 5 seconds each shot to make sure it wont die. And once it tamed, this pecker is amazing prime meat source, prime fish or normal prime meat. You can get prime meat from creatures sizes around dodo and lystro and you can get prime fish from any fish.

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