In America game animals, whether residing on public or private land, are recognized as being held in public trust. A hunting license documents your ability to take & utilize that public resource for a private good.
Your premeses in the OP sound extraordinarily pomo/PC in nature.
Read up on the history of our natural resources model in the US. It’s as ingenious as our system of government, and we ought to be just as grateful for it and willing/able to defend it.
