Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The masburah is a sheep that is tied up and then shot with arrows."
And Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It refers to a bird or any other living creature that is tied up alive and then shot at until it is killed; the root meaning of sabr is to confine (and hold captive)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / Q19481
Zahdam (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) eating chicken, and he invited me. I said: I have seen this chicken eating filth. (He said:) "Come closer and eat, for I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) eating chicken."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19481
Hisham bin Zayd says: I went with Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) to al-Hakam bin Ayyub, and Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some boys who had tied up a chicken and were shooting arrows at it. He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade tying up an animal and killing it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19482
Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I was with Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when some people were shooting arrows at a bird or a chicken they had tied up. When they saw Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), they scattered. He said: "May Allah curse whoever did this, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed whoever does this."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19483
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to Yahya bin Sa'id, and one of his sons had tied up a chicken and was shooting arrows at it. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) untied the chicken, brought it along with the boy, and said to Yahya: Restrain your boys; they were tying up this bird to kill it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade tying up an animal and killing it." If you want to slaughter it, then slaughter it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19484
Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade tying up any animal and killing it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19485
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade "the milk of the animal that feeds on filth, eating the meat of the animal tied up and shot to death, and drinking from the mouth of the waterskin."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19486