It is their land, but they are our elk. Wildlife is publicly owned, so the issue allowing them to make money for the killing of public property (which is a zero sum game since only x number of elk are killed each year) is different from the issue of allowing them to charge to access their land. It seems different to me to allow landowners to exlude people from their land and to allow landowners to use damage tags, meant to remove problem animals and eleviate damage to their property, to make extra profit. In short, the issue isn't telling them what they can and can't do with their property, it is allowing them to receive personal profit at the expense of the hunting public and public property.