Basically the issue for the owner here is the most valuable land is the mountain, which is wholly on the public portion. If corner crossing is allowed then he c

Basically the issue for the owner here is the most valuable land is the mountain, which is wholly on the public portion. If corner crossing is allowed then he can't sell hunting rights to that mountain for as much because you can just go for free. But if corner crossing isn't allowed he can continue to use the public land while keeping everyone else off.