Hunting initiatives

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Issues
Measures by topic
Measures by year

Hunting initiatives change or create legislation restricting or enabling hunting.

2008

• Alaska Wolf and Bear Protection Act (2008)
• North Dakota Captive Hunting Petition (2008)
• Oklahoma State Question No. 742 (2008)
• Idaho Wolf Regulation Initiative (2008)

2006

• Georgia Constitutional Amendment 2 (2006), requiring the state to preserve its hunting and fishing traditions. (Passed)
• Michigan Dove Hunting Referendum (2006), creating a mourning dove hunting season. (Failed)

2004

• Maine Question 2 (2004), prohibiting certain bear-hunting practices. (Failed)
• Montana C-41 (2004), constitutionally recognizing right to hunt and fish. (Passed)

2003

• Wisconsin Right to Hunt and Fish Referendum (2003), constitutionally guaranteeing the right to hunt and fish. (Passed)

2004

• Louisiana Right to Hunt, Fish and Trap Amendment (2004)
• Montana C-41

2000

• Alaska Ballot Measure 6
• Arizona Proposition 102 (2000)
• North Dakota Hunting, Fishing, Trapping Act (2000)
• Virginia Question 2
• Washington Initiative Measure 713 (2000)

1999

• Washington Initiative 696 (1999)

1998

• California Proposition 4
• Minnesota Amendment 2
• Montana I-136
• Ohio Mourning Dove Initiative. This initiative, which failed with 40.5% of the vote, sought to prohibit hunting for mourning doves in Ohio.
• Utah Proposition 5
• Utah Proposition 6

1996

• Alabama Amendment 1
• Alaska ballot measure 3
• California Proposition 197 (1996)
• Colorado Prohibited Methods of Taking Wildlife Act (1996)
• Idaho Proposition 2 (1996)
• Iowa Hunting Revenue Question (1996)
• Massachusetts Question 1
• Michigan Proposal D
• Michigan Proposal G
• Washington Initiative 655
• West Virginia Amendment 1

1992

• Colorado No Black Bear Hunting Act (1992)

1983

• Maine Moose Hunting Initiative (1983)

1972

• South Dakota Prohibit Dove Hunting

1938

• Nevada Predatory Animal Bounty (1938)

1934

• Nevada Predatory Animal Bounty (1934)

See also

• List of ballot measures by topic

External links

• Wildlife policy making by the electorate: An overview of citizen-sponsored ballot measures on hunting and trapping Donna L. Minnis, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring, 1998), pp. 75-83

v • d • e Ballot measures about hunting and fishing in Alaska Alaska Limited Entry Fisheries (1972) • Alaska Fisheries Permit Initiative (1976) • Alaska Personal Consumption of Fish and Game (1982) • Alaska Right to Bear Arms (1994) • Alaska Prohibit Airborne Hunting Initiative (1996) • Alaska Prohibition of Wolf Snares (1998) • Alaska No Voter Initiatives About Wildlife (2000) • Alaska Land-And-Shoot Referendum (2000) • Alaska Prohibition on Bear Baiting Initiative (2004) • Alaska Wolf and Bear Protection Act (2008)