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.
