Credit Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation LAS CRUCES - Legislation to enshrine the right to hunt and fish into the state Constitution was blocked Tuesday, Feb. 16, by the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee. Both Rep. Alonzo Baldonado, R-Los Lunas, the sponsor of House Joint Resolution 5, and Rep. Zach Cook, R-Ruidoso, sponsor of HJR 8, said their proposed constitutional amendments wouldn’t have any real impact and were not intended to make any changes. “It’s just saying we have a right to hunt, but we just have to do it in accordance with the rules,” Cook said. The two proposals had different language, raising different concerns.