Support fish and wildlife conservation by purchasing fish and wildlife habitat stamps. There are five stamps: trout and salmon, waterfowl, pheasant, walleye and turkey.
Stamps can be purchased in combination with a hunting or fishing license or as collectables. For more information, please visit the hunting license or fishing license page, or download a mail-in application .
Stamp contest
Fish and wildlife habitat stamp contests are open to any Minnesota resident. If you are interested in entering the contest, download a copy of the stamp application and contest rules and submit the application along with your artwork. Here are lists of past winners.
All entries for the contest must be accompanied by the appropriate application materials. Contest application packages, which include all entry forms and specifications, are also available by writing from the Minnesota DNR Information Center, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55155-4020, or by calling the DNR at (651) 296-6157.
Contest winners
- 2023
Pheasant stamp
A rooster in flight by Michael Sieve of Rushford
Trout & salmon stamp
A lake trout and cisco by Bradley Kenneth Hadrava of Bemidji
Walleye stamp
A walleye by Melissa Mickelson of Minneapolis
Waterfowl stamp
A blue-winged teal by Jim Caturia of Cannon Falls
Wild turkey stamp
Two toms in the woods by Micah Hanson of St. Charles
- 2022
Pheasant stamp
A pheasant on a grassy field edge by Timothy Turenne of Richfield
Trout & salmon stamp
Two pink salmon painted by Mark Thone of Shakopee
Walleye stamp
A walleye painted by Ronald Engebretson of Owatonna
Waterfowl stamp
A common merganser painted by Timothy Turenne of Richfield
Wild turkey stamp
A tom wild turkey standing along a field edge by Bradley Kenneth Hadrava of Bemidji
- 2021
Pheasant stamp
A hen and rooster pheasant standing in a field near cattails by Stephen Hamrick of Lakeville
Trout & salmon stamp
Walleye stamp
Waterfowl stamp
Wild turkey stamp
Two tom wild turkeys with a hen standing in springtime field by Stephen Hamrick of Lakeville
- 2020
Pheasant stamp
Two roosters in flight by Mark Kness of Albert Lea
Trout & salmon stamp
A rainbow trout preying on minnows in a stream by Melissa Mickelson of Minneapolis
Walleye stamp
A walleye bites an angler's minnow by Josh Evan of Mapleton
Waterfowl stamp
A pair of snow geese at water's edge by Michael Sieve of Rushford
Wild turkey stamp
Two bearded wild turkeys in the spring woods by Mark Thone of Shakopee
- 2019
Pheasant stamp
A rooster and hen pheasant standing on the edge of a snowy field by Timothy Turenne of Richfield.
Trout & salmon stamp
A brook trout seeking the cover a fallen branch in a stream by Richard Goodkind of St. Louis Park.
Walleye stamp
Night fishing for walleye under a full moon by Stephen Hamrick of Lakeville
Waterfowl stamp
Wild turkey stamp
- 2018
Pheasant stamp
Trout & salmon stamp
Walleye stamp
A walleye about to strike a crankbait by Dean Kegler of Duluth.
Waterfowl stamp
Wild turkey stamp
Federal Duck Stamp
The Federal Duck Stamp or Federal Duck Stamp validation is required for all waterfowl hunters age 16 and older. More information about the Federal Duck Stamp and the Federal Duck Stamp contest administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service can be found at the agency's Web page.