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
It was 3:30 a.m. when two men knocked on the door of Ernest Ganem's La Porte, Tex., home, ...
Sunday, March 1, 1981
Karla Jenson, 19, was driving down an isolated New Mexico highway when a man forced her off the ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Norma and Eduardo Ortega returned to their Miami, Fla., home to find two burglars ransacking their belongings. One ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Forced by an armed robber to kneel on the floor at the rear of his Phoenix, Ariz., pharmacy ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Three armed men entered a Santa Barbara, Calif., jewelry store, ordered manager Steven Brooks and two customers to ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Alone at home while her husband was elk hunting, Doris Walls shot a 33-year-old who she said broke ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Two deer hunters taking target practice about six miles from the Montana State Prison recently apprehended three escaped ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Three 16-year-olds entered the tiny Towers Book and Card shop operated by 68-year-old Murray Elpern and his wife ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Atlanta, Ga., jeweler Bob Jordan, working at his repair bench, looked up to see two men holding guns ...
Sunday, February 1, 1981
Jim Gardner was asleep in his Wixom, Mich., apartment when he heard a knock at the door. Finding ...
