Right to Hunt & Fish Amendment
Right to Hunt & Fish Amendment Facts at a Glance
Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) amendments work to protect against future threats to the right to hunt and fish that do not exist today.
The right to hunt and fish has roots in America even before 1776. Historically, the English game laws made hunting a monopoly of those privileged to do so by the Crown, and imposed draconian penalties, by contrast, the American colonists were free to hunt.
22 states recognize the Right to Hunt and Fish (RTHF) in their constitutions. NRA has worked hard to secure these rights and will continue to fight for these rights in all states.
In 20 of the 22 states RTHF amendments were approved by the voters.
The rest of the RTHF states—Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming have passed since 1996.
Florida and New Hampshire statutorily recognize the right to hunt and fish.
California and Rhode Island constitutionally guarantee the right to hunt but not fish.
Alaska’s constitutional language is considered by some to guarantee the RTHF because of its strong case law history
Thursday, October 1, 1981
Lester Frierson was in the rear of the North St. Louis, Mo., restaurant he manages when he noticed ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
A pair of youthful burglars were loading their car full of frozen meat from Arvil and Geri Hodges' ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
After her Little Rock, Ark., home had been repeatedly burglarized, a policeman suggested to Wilma Fay Donley that ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
Nita Clemons, 72, of Amarillo, Tex., awoke to find an assailant reaching through her bedroom window to pull ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
A husband-and-wife robbery team broke into Jessie Hudson's Lebanon, Mo., home, and the male criminal assaulted the 68-year-old ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
A pair of hoodlums invaded William Baney's Salem, Oreg., home and demanded loot. As one criminal held a ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
A Nashville, Tenn., sneak thief ended up pleading with police to arrest him after an unsuccessful attempt to ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
Larry Brown's West Knoxville, Tenn., pet store had been robbed once every six months or so in the ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
John Heronymous awoke to find a pair of intruders standing beside his bed in his Clarksburg, Calif., home. ...
Thursday, October 1, 1981
A would-be rapist dragged Miami, Fla., shopowner Medelon Walton into her van and started driving away. Walton reached ...
