I said, "Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and it disappears from me for a night."He replied, "If you find your arrow in it and find nothing else on it, then eat it."
حدثنا محمد بن يحيى حدثنا عبد الرزاق أنبأنا معمر عن عاصم عن الشعبي
قلت يا رسول الله أرمي الصيد فيغيب عني ليلة قال إذا وجدت فيه سهمك ولم تجد فيه شيئا غيره فكله
Reported by Bukhari, Book of Sacrifices and Hunting, Chapter on Game When It Disappears From View for Two or Three Days, no. 5484, and Muslim, Book of Hunting and Sacrifices, Chapter on Hunting With Trained Dogs and Shooting, no. 1929/6,7, from the hadith of Asim, in a longer form.