Legal does not equal ethical, and vice versa. You can do things that are illegal but ethical, and legal but unethical.
I agree. It seems some (more than 1) don't understand that.
Also - I don't know that I'd call it honoring an animal altho I understand the attitude, I do think we should 'regard' or 'appreciate' the animals that we shoot, harvest, kill. I think blatant disregard of wildlife opens the door to things we would not call good.