each hunter has to make his/her own desisions on ethical hunting.

Basically once you get past the " rules" set by the state that you hunt in the shot is up to you. What is considered ethical on one hunt may be downright ugly in another.

some say it' s unethical to hunt over bait, some say it' s OK,
some say it' s unethical to take a shot over XX distance.
some say it' s ethical to take a small buck some say it' s not.
Some say,
Some say,

It doesn' t matter really. You have to sleep with your mistakes. And you will make them no matter how saintly you think you are. You will rush a shot, flinch, lose your composure, whatever and wound an animal.

Sorry but that' s life. Maybe just try to stay within your lines of acceptable behavior and hunt like the game warden was with you in the tree. you should have no problems sleeping at night.

Also Ethics are situational and only apply to the example at hand, maybe you want to talk about Hunting Morals which are more absolute.