There were three other hunters around - I've gotten to know the two Alliance ones and the Horde one was my Horde friend - and they were all camping Skarr. Waited an hour and was chatting to one of the Skarr campers when she whispered "KARKINNNNNNNN".
Nobody was there that wanted to tame or kill him, and the tame went perfectly without any extra haste.
Well. First time seriously camping, and it sucked. But I can finally get more than four hours of sleep at a time now.
