Book of Hunting
Book of Hunting
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Book of Hunting
Hunting is permissible for the one who undertakes it with proper intent, and it is disliked when pursued merely for sport.
Game is considered the finest of foods.
If someone comes upon wounded game that is still moving more than the slight twitch of an already-slaughtered animal, and there is sufficient1 time to perform ritual slaughter, it becomes lawful only through that slaughter.
If there is no such time and the animal dies immediately, its meat is lawful provided four conditions are met:
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At the moment he releases the weapon, the hunter must be a person eligible to carry out ritual slaughter2. Whoever shoots game, immobilizes it, and then shoots it a second time so that it dies—its meat is not lawful.
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The instrument, which is of two kinds:
a. A bladed object that wounds with its sharp edge3, such as a sword, a knife, or an arrow.
b. A trained hunting animal, such as a dog that is not black, a cheetah, a falcon, a hawk, an eagle, or a goshawk.