Why is a right to hunt and fish necessary in Tennessee?
First and foremost, the effort to create a right to hunt and fish in the Tennessee constitution is a proactive effort to prevent these time-honored traditions from being abolished by a future general assembly. Should constitutional protection become necessary in the future, we would be at a distinct disadvantage. Once the constitution has been amended, any future effort to ban hunting and fishing would require a multi-year legislative process and a vote of the people to remove the amendment. . Further, the amendment will provide significant protection from misguided lawsuits that does not exist today.” Additionally, hunting and fishing drive essentially all of the wildlife funding in Tennessee – both game and non-game. By protecting the Tennessee traditions of hunting and fishing, we will preserve the funding that helps take care of all of Tennessee’s fish and wildlife. Finally, hunting and fishing represent an economic engine in all of our 95 counties – from the rural areas to our lar
