Originally posted by Honorable_D:

Yar, scrap leather was hard to come by at the very start. Lure two boars into a pen and keep them fed with berries. They'll breed and you can farm them for easy leather scraps.

yeah. you can tame this way. just be close enough the area is loaded but no so close the boars are freaking out, and eventually they will tame. its a good way to lvl sneak as you can just lurk around them while you wait.