Agreed sort of. They can choose who gets on their land. They can "give" one of "their" tags to anyone they want.. they just can't sell them. This is general season rules.

However, when they ask for help with depredation, they don't get to decide who gets on their land. they open it up so the job can get done. You can't ask for the publics help, then decide who you think the publics going to be. The fact that they don't let the public hunt is the reason they have this problem in the first place.

Side note: Depredation hunts are closely monitored and most often a fish and game officer is on site. They also have " on call lists" so that they can organize and have a depredation hunt virtually in a 24 hour time frame.