Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.2.4.3

13.2.4.3

tadāhuḥ apaśurvā eṣa yadāraṇyo naitasya hotavyaṃ yajjuhuyātkṣipraṃ yajamānamaraṇyam mṛtaṃ hareyuraraṇyabhāgā hyāraṇyāḥ paśavo yanna juhuyādyajñaveśasaṃ syāditi paryagnikṛtānevotsṛjanti tannaiva hutaṃ nāhutaṃ na yajamānamaraṇyam mṛtaṃ haranti na yajñaveśasam bhavati

As to this they say, 'Surely that--to wit, the forest (beast)--is not a beast (or cattle), and offering should not be made thereof: were he to make offering thereof, they would ere long carry away the Sacrificer dead to the woods, for forest (or wild) beasts have the forest for their share; and were he not to make offering thereof, it would be a violation of the sacrifice.' Well, they dismiss them after fire has been carried around them: thus, indeed, it is neither an offering nor a non-offering, and they do not carry the Sacrificer dead to the forest, and there is no violation of the sacrifice.