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
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, ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
A man wielding a sawed-off shotgun forced his way into William Elliot's East St. Louis, Mo., home and ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Upon returning home from work, Charles Wilkerson heard a prowler upstairs in his Springfield, Ohio, house. Wilkerson got ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Gladys Kastensmith, 77, was awakened by the sounds of someone trying to break into her Phoenix, Ariz., home. ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Seeing a man carrying a purse run across a nearby yard, Kenneth Luigs went to investigate and found ...
Saturday, August 1, 1981
Three men entered a Macon, Ga., restaurant, and one pointed a sawed-off rifle at proprietor Archie McBride and ...
