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, September 1, 1988
Attempting to rob a Zephyhills, Fla., grocery store, a man broke a bottle on the floor and threatened ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Terrorized by a burglar who had forced open the front door of her Tifton, Ga., house and threatened ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
A Clint, Tex., homeowner armed himself after his shouts brought no reaction from a man he found trying ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Suspicious when he heard a noise outside and noticed a helicopter circling his Lawndale, Calif., neighborhood, Jack Baugh ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
When a knife-wielding man broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and assaulted her, neighbors Fred and Mary Harrell answered ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Two men, armed with an axe and a handgun, burst into a Jericho, N.Y., residence and disrupted a ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Hearing noises near the back door of her Cumberland County, N.C., home, Grace Easterling armed herself with a ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
With his wife screaming at an intruder hiding in their Bismarck, N. Dak., home, Hal Peterson grabbed an ...
Thursday, September 1, 1988
Miami, Okla., motel owner Oba Edwards witnessed two policemen struggling with a man they were attempting to arrest ...
Monday, August 1, 1988
An armed man carrying what later turned out to be a BB gun walked into Linsey Calhoun's Jacksonville, ...
