Why would you ask a question such as this?? With all the people we have trying to stop our sport we shouldn't be giving them anything that they could use against us no matter what your intentions are for this question.
So you think non-hunters view hunters as perfect and beyond making mistakes? How many non-hunters do you think there are out there that have never broken a non-game law?
Yes we all make mistakes but usually with a little wisdom we can avoid most of them especially when it comes to hunting.
If you don't have time to learn the regulations for your area don't go to the woods with your weapon. From my experience hunting/fishing game wardens interpretation of the laws go right in line with the book, read it and you won't have any problems.
That is not always the case. I shot a turkey one time that flopped off in the river. I chased the turkey down the bank of the river and wound up go swimming to retrieve the bird. I got a ticket a few minutes later for moving my turkey before a I tagged it. If I would have let it go it would have been wanton waste of game. I hate it when people try to paint subjects like these as black and white and claim they have never made a mistake and they never will. I am pretty sure that non-hunters realize that hunters are human too and it's not going to be a startling revelation for them to find that hunters occaisionally make mistakes also
Personally this topic shouldn't continue to be discussed all it is doing is inciting arguements between people who are on the same team.
That's the beauty of living where we do. We get to decide for ourselves what we want to discuss whether you like it or not. I personally feel like to hypocrasy of some gives us a worse reputation than an honest admition of the fact the were are humans who occaisionally make mistakes.