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
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
David Owens and his girlfriend were driving away from a Torrance, Calif., theater when a youth pointed a ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
A would-be armed robber made the mistake of pulling a racetrack starting pistol on NRA member Walter Toepfer ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
A pair of thugs had been terrorizing senior citizens in her Niagara Falls, N.Y., neighborhood, so 72-year-old Mary ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Harvey Carpenter was asleep in the back of his Webster Springs, W.Va., store when he heard the sounds ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
When a stickup man pointed a pistol at Gail Davis and demanded the cash from her father's Wilcox, ...
Wednesday, April 1, 1981
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Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Jerry Lewis of Gautier, Miss., was working the graveyard shift at a convenience store when three young hoodlums ...
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
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Sunday, March 1, 1981
An unidentified Beaumont, Tex, man caught a pair of burglars stealing his television and stereo. When one burglar ...