Hazrat Habib bin Abi Amrah narrates that a man asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair: If I shoot an arrow at game and it disappears from me, and then I find it later, what is the ruling? Hazrat Saeed (may Allah have mercy on him) replied: If there is only the mark of your arrow on it, then eat it, and if there is anything else besides that, then do not eat it.

Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "O Messenger of Allah! One of us shoots an arrow at game, and searches for it for two or three days. He finds the game dead, with the arrow embedded in it. What is the ruling on eating it?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "If he wishes, he may eat it."

Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about shooting an arrow at game and finding it the next day—what is the ruling? He replied: If your arrow is lodged in it and no predatory animal has eaten from it, then you may eat it.