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
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
John Mitchell and his wife, Hazel, were getting out of their car in front of their Philadelphia home ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
After repeated thefts had netted 200 gallons of gas from his pump, Shawnee, Co., Kans., property owner Gary ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Hearing a woman's screams coming from the laundromat next to his Downey, Calif., dry cleaning shop, Kim Holsonbach ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Suspicious of two men browsing through his San Diego, Calif., liquor store, Jerry Nunez drew a pistol. When ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
John Ryan was getting into a car parked outside his Rochester, N.Y., home when a masked mugger jumped ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
James Sellers chased two men out of his Memphis, Tenn., grocery when he found they didn't have money ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Seeing a youth struggling down the street with a TV wrapped in a sheet, Glen Hendricks got suspicious ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Having just dozed off in a rear room of her Chassahowitzka, Fla., gas station, Gladys Huey was awakened ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
James Pedersen was in his Waverly, Fla., home when a burglar alarm attached to his father's house went ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Despite being beaten over the head by a "customer" in his Edmonds, Wash., jewelry store, Roy Bartell, 72, ...
