FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 18, 2024
Contact: Alissa Kakatsch, DNR Assistant Game Bird Specialist
[email protected] or 608-576-7559

DNR Announces 2025 Wild Turkey, Pheasant And Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest Winners

Robert Leum took first place in this year’s wild turkey and pheasant design contests. / Photo Credit: Robert Leum

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the winners of the 2025 Wisconsin wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contest. Talented artists from around Wisconsin submitted artwork for judging, which took place on Aug. 24 at the Wisconsin Waterfowl Expo in Oshkosh. The winning entries will be featured on the next editions of the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamps.

Holmen resident Robert Leum took first place in this year’s wild turkey and pheasant design contests. Jon Rickaby of Suamico took first place in the waterfowl design contest.

This year’s judges were Cody Kamrowski, executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation; Nel Swenson, Wisconsin public policy chairman of Ducks Unlimited; and Johnny Behrendt, precision agriculture and conservation specialist of Northeast Wisconsin for Pheasants Forever.

Hunters are required to purchase stamps to harvest these game birds, but anyone interested in supporting grassland, wetland and forest management activities may purchase a stamp to support conservation in Wisconsin. 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.

Please note that an electronic "stamp approval" is printed on the licenses of wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl hunters at the time of purchase. Customers will not receive an actual stamp except upon request. To get a physical copy of a stamp, visit the DNR’s webpage on wildlife and fish collector stamps or go to any open DNR Service Center.

For more information regarding Wisconsin's wildlife stamps, visit the DNR’s Wildlife Stamp Design Contest webpage.