Oh boy, did I almost mess up!

So I am playing solo ARK:SE and I had a perfect opportunity to tame my first Theri, level 34. It was right by the trap I was using to tame, which consists of 8 fence foundations, a dino gate and 16 single door frames, all stone. It was night time still, but I thought to myself, "It's right in front of it and there is no foliage blocking my view. I can do it now." Well, it did not go as planned. I shot it with a tranq to get its attention, which worked, obviously. But it wasn't lined up properly with the gate, so it didn't go in the trap, instead circling it. I went out to try and realign the Theri, but it instead attacked my trap. Then I thought, "Fine. If that is what it wants to do, I'll just go ahead and tranq it up anyway." I sorely miscalculated how fast it would run into the foliage, and since it was dark, I lost track of it. I cussed at myself and went back to base to restock and try again when it was daytime. Daytime came quickly and I went back to the trap. From there I could see the Theri, this time further away which allowed me more room to allign it with the trap. Once again I shot it with a tranq to get its attention, and this time I succeeded in getting it in the trap. Now the next part would he easy, so I thought. I started shooting it with tranq arrows, but the Theri became increasingly more bloody as I did so. It had not recovered fully from my previous failed attempt. Yet I continued tranquillising it, and eventually it was knocked out. I quick got my veggies and narcotics for the taming process, and I decided to check how much health it had remaining aswell. The Theri was only one shot away from dying. Safe to say, I was tense during the taming process. One inopportune attack from a hostile dino - who could even only graze the Theri - or a mistake from me, would end this Theri's life.

Luckily for me, it all went smoothly here on, and I successfully tamed the Theri and brought it to base. All is well, but it was definitely the most intense taming I have done so far.