The whole scene you are describing has played out here before.

1> Land owner does not allow anyone to hunt on his land
2> All the elk in the area figure this out and camp out on said land owners land
3> Land owner goes crying to the fish and game because his fences and crops are getting torn up
4> fish and game comes out and looks it over, decides that they will allow 20 cows to be shot
5> Land owner says he knows who will get the tags
6> Fish and game tells him to F.O They will have a drawing. Landowner "has" to let these people in or he gets zero help on the matter.
7> No money changes hands period

A different Land owner situation

There are units over here that have a fantastic number of huge mule deer. The tags are coveted. In one unit, 5,000 people apply for 75 tags. Land owners get a few tags for themselves. They want to be able to sell these tags to the highest bidder ( I kid you not, a buck tag in unit 45 would sell for over 20,000 dollars on the open market ) They want to change it so that the land owner can sell these tags to outfitters, who can then line up the clients etc.

Hell... NO... Ain't gonna happen.

Outfitters

There is a group of outfitters who are suing various states because they feel they should be issued tags in addition to the tags already out there. One group " United States Outfitters" or USO, contends that even though they are based out of Colorado, they are being prevented from making a living by not being able to get tags anyplace they want.. screw them as well. Ain't gonna happen

The day that money gets involved with hunting, is the day the avg man is done. So far, money is out of the equation over here.

I am aware of a guy from San Jose that bought a 12,000 acer ranch just for the land owner tags ( 4 for deer, 4 for elk ) thats how serious some of these money guys are about it