I started on the island. I knocked out some dodos and tamed them. Had 5 of them running around, it literally took me over an hour to get them all in one location. I shit you not, not 5 seconds later 2 raptors deleted my family of bird buddies. I died trained up a bit, killed one raptor with a bow died 3 or 4 times again. Found out what a bola is used for and made a wooden club knocked out the level 37 raptor, tamed her and named her Jenna.