The end game for APR is removing ranch families and the surrounding communities from the landscape. None of the local towns wanted APR moving in and taking away the very life blood of their existence. The local support for APR was and continues to be negative.
The land is already saved and drought aside is in good shape. If the rancher's had destroyed it APR wouldn't find it so desirable.
For now APR knows that in order to have a chance in hell of continuing to buy up property and expand their end goal, for the time being they need to allow hunting. But obviously this is a relatively short game.
I for one would rather see families like Jim's make a go of it rather than a bunch of shady out of state money gobble it up under the guise of 'saving' it.
