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More Stamp News

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:29 pm
by Fish Felon
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Even if the fish aren’t biting, the ducks aren’t flying and the pheasants aren’t flushing, Doug Smith says any day spent outdoors is a good day. A Minnesota native, he’s been covering the outdoors for the Star Tribune since 1995. He considers walleyes fried over a campfire to be gourmet cuisine.

Lakeville artist wins pheasant stamp contest...again
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Posted by: Doug Smith Updated: October 2, 2014 - 12:49 PM 1


Stephen Hamrick of Lakeville has done it again. The artist has won the 2015 state pheasant habitat stamp contest with his painting of a cock and hen pheasant atop a hillside.
Hamrick also won the 2014 turkey stamp contest, the 2012 duck stamp contest and the 2003 pheasant stamp contest, and is a four-time winner of the trout and salmon stamp contest.
The $7.50 pheasant stamp is required of all Minnesota pheasant hunters ages 18 through 64. Stamp sales generate money for habitat enhancement efforts on both public and private lands in Minnesota’s pheasant range.
The DNR offers no prizes for the stamp contest winner, but the winning artist retains the right to reproduce the work, which is usually done as limited edition prints. The 2015 pheasant stamp will be available for sale in March.

Re: More Stamp News

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:33 pm
by Fish Felon
Federal duck stamp winner...

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Runner up....

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3rd place...


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No 'Sotas placed. What an embarrassment.



Aren't stamps cool?

Re: More Stamp News

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:34 pm
by Fish Felon
Why follow professional sports when you can follow wildlife stamp contests instead?

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:59 pm
by tyler
mergs ftw

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:34 pm
by lanyard
The pheasant stamp guy ripped off another pheseant stamp guy with the light, the farm, the trees and the colors on the pheasants.

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:04 pm
by Trigger
I'm usually not a fan of paintings using trash ducks as subject matter, but that mergie pairing is awesome!

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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:38 am
by h2ofwlr
Totally inaccurate farm on the Pheasant stamp. Where is the 2 story McMansion?

Re: More Stamp News

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:32 pm
by Fish Felon
lanyard wrote:The pheasant stamp guy ripped off another pheseant stamp guy with the light, the farm, the trees and the colors on the pheasants.

I agree. I know there's a stamp that looks just like that but I couldn't find it after hours of searching the interwebs.

Re: More Stamp News

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:42 pm
by Quack
The "mergie" looks a tad dabbler-esque with its wing & body position, not to mention the cattail puff in the corner. Fail.

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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 1:57 pm
by NitroZ9 Duck Killin
h2ofwlr wrote:Totally inaccurate farm on the Pheasant stamp. Where is the 2 story McMansion?



What do you have against farmers?