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
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A stickup artist asked Bobbie Fisher of Fresno, Calif., if she'd ever been held up, and pulled a ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
After two juveniles continually burglarized and vandalized her Sacramento, Calif., home for two years, Philippines immigrant Dee Yansenns ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
An unidentified Beaumont, Tex, man caught a pair of burglars stealing his television and stereo. When one burglar ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
Disabled World War II veteran George Sarver used the element of surprise to capture three burglars who had ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
George Rayburn and his son were listening to a police scanner radio in their River Rouge, Mich., home ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
An armed robber's momentary lapse of attention gave Meridian, Miss., grocer Joe Hlinak just enough time to grab ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A quintet of youthful extortionists threatened Council Bluff, Iowa, motel owner Rex Nelson with a tire tool and ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A Mississippi prison parolee intent on burglary broke into the Prichard, Ala., home of Harry Thompson only to ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
A Superior, Minn., woman awoke during the night when she felt a hand on her body. Seeing a ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
Jack Walker awoke in his Waco, Tex., home to find it being burglarized by a trio of housebreakers. ...
