Kentuckians get the opportunity during next month’s elections to constitutionally solidify their hunting and fishing heritage by voting for a constitutional amendment that guarantees their personal right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife through traditional methods.
The 2011 Kentucky General Assembly overwhelmingly passed House Bill 1, also known as “The Right to Hunt and Fish,” which established a ballot initiative during the November 2012 general election.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources worked closely with the bill’s sponsors, as did the League of Kentucky Sportsmen and the National Rifle Association. The Commonwealth is seeking to join more than a dozen other states that already have passed constitutional hunting or fishing guarantees, including Arkansas, Alabama, California, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Alaska.
Idaho and Nebraska voters also get the chance to amend their constitutions with similar amendments next month. The full text of the HB1/ Constitutional Amendment reads: Read more….