MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is now accepting artwork entries for the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests. The winning designs will appear on the 2025 collection of stamps.
Each year, Wisconsin artists compete for an opportunity to have their artwork commemorated on the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamps.
Sales of these three stamps bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for species management throughout the state, including habitat management, restoration, education and research projects. Hunters are required to buy stamps to harvest these game birds.
Stamp design entries must be received or postmarked by Aug. 1, 2024. Judging will take place on Aug. 24, 2024, at the Waterfowl Hunters Expo in Oshkosh.
Rules, entry information and reproduction rights agreements are available on the DNR’s wildlife stamp funding and stamp design contest webpage.
The winners of the 2024 contests were:
- Wild turkey – Jim Tostrud of Kenosha
- Pheasant – Robert Wilkens of New Holstein
- Waterfowl – Ryan Rickaby of Suamico
