I built an iron cage in the high foothills. That wasn't strong enough, and it let the wolf see me, It was frightening to see how fast that **wolf tore through rusty iron. And my forge was inside. Gone instantly.

To be fair to me, I hadn't finished my preparations. There was supposed to be food and some sort of blind, a second workbench and a roof to keep the iron from rusting but I was working to finish it at night, figuring that if opportunity knocked I would just have to improvise.

I suck at improvising almost as much as I suck at figuring.

Here's a thought, though. Once your trap is set, destroying any workbenches will slightly improve your chances of catching your wolf, and **s are so worth it.

IDK what would happen if you have two wolves (or boars) in the same pen and one of them gets tame before the other, but I can guess. However, it would take some good bad luck to catch a second wolf within the taming period of the first.

I thought (this being the 3rd attempt): "If I get good bad-lucky, I'll just improvise!"

Go figure.