Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not tie up any living creature as a target for shooting."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18056
Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) went out on one of the roads of Madinah and saw some boys who had tied up a hen and were shooting at it. When the boys saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), they ran away. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) became angry and asked: Who did this? For the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "cursed the one who mutilates an animal."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18057
Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by some youths of Quraysh who had tied up a bird and were shooting at it, and they had agreed that every arrow of theirs that missed would go to the owner of the bird. When they saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), they scattered. Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked: "Who did this? May Allah curse whoever did this; for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who takes a living creature as a target."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18058
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade tying up an animal (to kill it)." Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Even if it were a hen, I would not tie it up.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18059
Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We went on a campaign with Abd al-Rahman bin Khalid bin al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him) and camped in the land of the Romans. He says: Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) had made a mosque, and in the evenings we would go and sit in his gathering and benefit from his words. He says: One evening I was with him when a man came and said: Four Roman disbelievers (captives) have just been brought to the commander, and he ordered that they be tied up, and they were shot with arrows until they were killed. Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up in alarm, came to Abd al-Rahman bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Did you tie them up (to be killed)? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): he "forbade tying up an animal (to kill it)," and I would not like to have such-and-such (in return) for tying up even a single hen. So Abd al-Rahman bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him) freed four of his own slaves in their place. Abu Zur'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: Ubayd bin Ya'la was from Palestine; his home was in Ascalon.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18060
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most restrained of people in (the manner of) killing are the people of faith."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السير / 18061