ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander
If it is illegal then it is wrong. Any excuse such as doing a person a favor or donation of meat is just a poor excuse to justify a wrong.
In your eyes, this may be true.
But, legality and ethics are separate issues. The law is supposed to reflect the ethics of the community, but they do not always do this.
Some issues are ethical and illegal and some issues are unethical and legal. If you look in history, you see several examples of this - slavery, for one example. A more outdoor oriented example would be the near extermination of the buffalo.