Bhagavatapurana 4.26.6

4.26.6

tīrtheṣu pratidṛṣṭeṣu rājā medhyān paśūn vane /
yāvad-artham alaṃ lubdho hanyād iti niyamyate //

6. Sastra restricts the scope of activity and lays down that a king, if too fond of it, may, as far as it may be necessary and useful,

kill (hunt) sacrificial animals (and that) for the purpose of religious rites defined in the Sastras.