Chuck Black becomes most recent Montanan to win Federal Duck Stamp Contest

It was a chance encounter with a northern pintail drake that made Chuck Black’s lifelong dream come true.

That dream: to win the Federal Duck Stamp art contest and have his painting in the pocket of every waterfowl hunter in the country.

Chuck’s interest in the Federal Duck Stamp started as a youth growing up in Minnesota, where water-fowling is a religion and many of the legends of the contest call home.

After nine failed tries to win the contest, on Sept. 16 a lifelong dream came true when he finally won the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Duck Stamp art contest.

On this episode, we hear from Chuck about his quest to get his painting on the stamp and life as an artist in Montana.

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Montana Untamed, hosted by Thom Bridge, covers the state's rugged landscape from hook and bullet to policy and science.