2025 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest
2024 Winning Photograph by Randi Najac
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views?
Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Then you won’t want to miss the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s
19th Annual Wildlife Photo Contest.
One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2026 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2025 issue of Arizona Wildlife Views. The best-in-show photo is published on the cover of the issue and as one of the photos representing a month. Winning photos may also appear in future issues of Arizona Highways magazine.
All photos must depict wildlife native to and found in Arizona, and all photos must have been taken in Arizona settings. Entrants are responsible for complying with the Official Rules; not doing so may result in disqualification.
The submission deadline is 5 p.m. MST on August 8, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
GALLERY
Displaying 133 - 144 of 480
Photo by faith grutzmacher
A bobcat perched in the pine tree above me after hearing my movement in my blind. Spring 2025 Bison hunt.
Location: Kaibab National Forest
Photo by Katie Weatherly
A sparrow perched among the twisted branches of a Sedona tree
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Snapped this photo as they both started to take off
Location: Clarkdale
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Early morning hours near the verde river
Location: Verde canyon
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Turkey vulture over looking the verde river
Location: Clarkdale
Photo by John Durham
A Great Egret finds a snack in a Gilbert pond.
Location: Gilbert
Photo by Neil foster
Group of turkey vultures sitting together in a dead tree. Jungle book style
Location: Saguaro lake
Photo by Tom Mangelsdorf
These inquisitive little ground squirrels scamper around the desert floor or run up cactus spines without a care, and are constantly in motion.
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by McFadden
Location: Hualapais Mohave County
Photo by Mike Zacharia
Buck
Location: Chino valley Arizona, United 19A
Photo by Mary Henderson
I as out for a walk and saw this hawk sitting in tree
Location: Central Phoenix
Photo by John Durham
Bald Eagle catches a fish out of a Gilbert pond.
Location: Gilbert