Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Jurayj says that I asked Hazrat Ata: If I shoot an arrow at a chicken or a sheep, would you eat it? He replied: No, that is carrion.

Hazrat Tawus used to forbid this.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) passed by some people who had tied a hen and were using it as a target. He said: Allah Almighty has cursed those who use animals as targets.

Hazrat Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet ﷺ forbade shooting at animals as targets.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) passed by some people who had kept a pigeon and were shooting arrows at it. He said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade making a living being a target for shooting practice.

Hazrat Hisham bin Zaid bin Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I entered the governor's house with Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), where some people had tied up a chicken and were targeting it. Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet ﷺ forbade tying up animals and killing them by making them a target.

Hazrat Abu Zubair narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade that an animal be tied up and made a target to be killed.

Hazrat Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibit tying up an animal and using it as a target. I do not like that I should even tie up a chicken in this way and kill it, even if I were to receive such and such things in exchange for it.