What if you shot a nice Doe right before dark and you had to wait 30 minutes for it to expire and it got dark on you,then it took another 30 minutes for you to find it and another 30 minutes to field dress it...now it is 1 1/2 hours after dark do you feel guilty?Heck no...you shot it at daylight and it took you a while to get your deer.Thats were honest ethics come into place!
I have walked back home from hunting many times after it got dark and I just put my arrow or arrows back in the quiver and carry it with my left hand and my flashlight is in my right hand.Now if I would walk back and a Conservation Agent is standing on my front porch and wants to see my tags after I got back from hunting I better have an Archery Tag on me!