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.
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Photo by Martin B Waller
A Burrowing Owl next to an agricultural field.
Location: Buckeye
Photo by Christina Sandoval
Beautiful coyote resting
Location: In the park off of 67th Ave and Greenway
Photo by Vigie Marilyn Fausto
Wild turkey ruffling feathers
Location: Chuska Mountain west Arizona
Photo by Vigie Marilyn Fausto
Deer grazing and watched us drive by
Location: Chuska Mountain
Photo by Bill Lee
While sitting in a blind during the 2024 Archery Elk Season.
Location: Northern Arizona
Photo by Tim Lovern
Burrowing owl near the Chandler Airport
Location: Chandler AZ
Photo by Albert Bales
Mid winter elk hunt I almost stepped on him
Location: Chavez Pass, Northern Arizona
Photo by Luke Stone
Bobcat in the desert
Location: Saguaro West
Photo by Cheryl Lynn Wyatt
Saw this Duck from where I was fishing
Location: Bullhead City
Photo by Joyann Wesson
Elk in the lake
Location: Big lake white mountains Arizona
Photo by Riley Simmons
Location: Arivaca
Photo by Manuel Joseph Ruiz
We were driving the Cibola National Refuge Goose loop ans captured this photo of a deer hiding in the corn they plant to help feed all the Big Game and water fowl.
Location: Cibola