(19) باب فِي الَّذِي يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَغِيبُ عَنْهُ
it was narrated that 'Adiyy bin Hatim said:
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and I follow its tracks after of night. He said: 'If you find your arrow in it, and no predator has eaten from it, then eat it."
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 4302
In-book reference: Book 42, Hadith 40
English translation: Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4307