Duck Hunters Complain Over Repeal of Trump Rule on License-Stamp Art

  • Biden moves to undo Trump rule requiring hunting elements
  • Duck Stamp permit that pays for land, gets new art every year
Richard Clifton, of Milford, Delaware, won the 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an illustration of a lesser scaup, with duck calls in the lower, left corner.

Source: Richard Clifton

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Duck hunters in the U.S. have been required for decades to buy a stamp portraying the fowl and affix it to their hunting licenses with the proceeds being used for conservation.

The competition among artists to design the stamp has generally been uneventful, resulting in colorful scenes of waterfowl among reeds and over estuaries. But this year, it has become entangled in the culture wars.