The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that any living creature be made into a target.
حدثنا إسحاق يعني ابن يوسف حدثنا سفيان عن سماك بن حرب عن عكرمة
نهى رسول الله ﷺ أن يتخذ ذو الروح غرضا
Its chain of transmission is sahih. Sufyan is Thawri, and Tirmidhi related it, 2:334, through Abdul-Razzaq from Thawri, and he said, a hasan sahih hadith. In Jami Saghir, 9046, it is mentioned that Nasai also related it.Al-gharad means the goal, and its meaning will come later in 2474, 2480, 2532, 2586, 3705.