I have to admit that when I was in my younger, more exuberant days I
might have fractured a few of the hunting laws (I'm sure the statute of limitations has expired by now
).
In all honestly though, I find as I've gotten older (and hopefully wiser) that I've become more conscientious of trying to obey the laws, at least for the most part. The one caveat to that is that I still carry a pair of hand pruning shears with me to quietly remove any small twigs that may be a threat of rubbing on me or my bow at hunting height. I hate leaving evidence of trimming though so I use them very sparingly. I'm talking twigs less than a 1/4" in diameter that I would normally snap off leaving no evidence but I don't want to make such a loud snap. I find quite often its the evidence of cut branches around a tree that alerts me to other hunter's spots and I hate to divulge any intel as to my spots so any trimming is minimal and I try to keep the trimmings wedged somewhere in the tree at height.
I also find I'm a bit more understanding of some of the more minor violations (in my opinion anyways) that I may stumble upon being committed by others as well. For clarification, I mean if I see someone shoot an animal out their car window I'm likely going to report it, but at the same time I'm also not going to get wigged out if I find some screw in steps in a tree or a tree stand left up out of season. It's hard for me to cast any stones at folks for doing things I may (
or may not have) done in my youth. I've also discovered that those minor transgressions didn't really offer me any real advantage so ultimately they're really not worth the risk/potential penalty associated with them.