It's their land and they can limit access any way they want.
After cutting timber on private holdings for 36 years I'm amazed they allow us access to hunt at all. Illegal dumping and damage by atv's alone cost timber companys a ton of money every year. Twice,in areas we were working,people drove through gates clearly marked "No motorized acess" and past " danger! Logging operations ahead" signs.One was on a atv and hit brush on the edge of the road at high speed.He ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.The other was a car with a man an woman,both bodies had blood alchol levels way above drunk,drove off the road at the head of a steep draw and were killed. In both cases the timber companies were suied.The companies won and the guy on the atv was found guilty of criminal tresspass and reckless endangerment after months and thousands of dollars litigating. Thats two incidence I personely witnessed,the number of times this sort of thing happens is any bodies guess.
One upside to fee for access.If the componies have the balls,like Champion did,they can stop the wasteful slaughter of our elk and deer by the Indians on timber company land anyway.