Ok, say we took this to be true, "private ownership of elk is wrong, and that is what should be illegal". Say, nobody owns those elk, the man/woman/state/or country doesn't own them, then nothing is wrong, nothing should be illegal then, since they are not owned. Its just the man,woman, state, or country that takes care of those elk, its not that they own them. They charge people money for taking care of the elk, until you shoot it, then its yours. Nothing wrong, nothing should be illegal, (no drugs?, no addicts?), but everything is pretty much the same.
It just doesn't make much difference to say, elk were meant to be free or not, they are free, people just take care of them (not everyone, just some of the people, that's why they are the ones that get paid for the work), people shoot them, people eat them. Its simple, no problem, those that take care of them charge those that shoot them for the expenses in taking care of them. No ownership, nothing wrong, the elk are meant to be free, all is well.
You're getting to upset over it Washington Hunter, you don't need to be worrying about who owns them or who doesn't, just that they get paid to take good care of them, if they do take good care of them. That would be respecting the animals, make sure they get taken care of properly, until you shoot one. Then its up to you to respect it and take care of it, now that you killed it, its just that simple, so you needn't worry about the ownership. Just pay the guy who takes care of it the way you like. Don't call it ownership, just call it, respecting the elk, taking care of them, until a guy like you pays to shoot it. Then its yours, you can call that ownership and its ok, right?
