Stay clear of them until you can make bolas. Find one by itself. Tame. Keep it alive until you can get it friend. Wild Raptors generally travel in packs and you only have one. It will die. Once you get two you can take a little more risk. 3 or more and you will feel a lot more safe out from your wood 2x1 base. Get 10 and you feel invincible.

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