What you are asking Silentassassin is when does breaking the law violate ones etchics and morals and how does that all interact and play with what mainstream ethics/morals.

I see a lot of "letter of the law" responses ..... laws are NOT ethics and morals. I can gut shoot 10 deer this fall and lose 9 of them - well within the legalities of our bowhunting laws. I can pick up an untuned bow and go fling arrows at live game with no practice and break no laws in doing so. I'm legal guys .... so am I ethical ?

No.

The reverse is also true. There are times when the bounds of the law is unethical IMO. Breaking the letter of the laws in those instances does not a poacher make.