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
Monday, June 1, 1981
A strong-arm robber had been terrorizing the older residents of Tacoma, Wash., breaking in their doors and robbing ...
Monday, June 1, 1981
Pat Tunstall had repeatedly called police to complain about a man who had chased her and her daughter ...
Monday, June 1, 1981
A Georgia burglar was casing the interior of a Swainsboro home and lit a match to look for ...
Monday, June 1, 1981
Larry Kyzer was in his Columbia, S.C., home when an alarm sounded, indicating a break in at his ...
Monday, June 1, 1981
A sneak thief and his female accomplice tried to tiptoe out of Davis Kicklighter's Naples, Fla., jewelry store ...
Friday, May 1, 1981
"Give me all your money or I'll blow your head off," was the command of an armed robber ...
Friday, May 1, 1981
When he saw three robbers speeding away from a grocery store near his El Paso, Ark., service station, ...
Friday, May 1, 1981
A trio of young thugs, after kidnapping a San Francisco woman, forced her to drive them to the ...
Friday, May 1, 1981
Two farm equipment thieves made the mistake of picking the Oley Township, Pa., property of Daniel Levengood on ...
Friday, May 1, 1981
A Lynchburg, Va., housebreaker suffered the ultimate indignity when he was caught trying to enter Buford Thornhill's home. ...
