The outgoing rule requires a hunting scene, but it doesn’t specify that the people have to be hunting the birds. Update September 27, 2021: This story has taken a delightful turn! On last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver revealed that his satirical news show commissioned several paintings to lampoon the duck stamp contest's hunting-image requirement. The segment explored the history of the duck stamp contest, and cleared up our confusion about one of the paintings: the two men in a Redhead's embrace, shown below, are rival duck stamp artists Tim Taylor and Rob McBroom. None of the show's submissions made the cut—Jim Hautman's pair of Redheads took the top prize—but Oliver announced that he's auctioning off the paintings this week and donating the proceeds to support wetlands conservation through the duck stamp program. Last month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it was bringing to an end one of the strangest, and some...