The landowners, in some cases, not all, but some, want to play hard ball with the public- "It's my land, keep the hell off, and we won't even let you do corner crossings to access public land."
But, they want, like Greenhorn said, special seasons, crop damage reparations, land owner permits, etc.
The public could just as easily play hardball with them- When they are making a profit from a publicly owned resource, i.e. game animals, charge THEM for each animal they take. Also, say if you don't want crop damage, put an elk proof fence around your property, and we'll remove our elk. If you don't fence your property, outfit on your land but don't allow public hunting, we will charge you legally as a public nuisance for harboring too many elk.
But, somehow, I don't see that happening!
