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 11, 2025.
Please view OFFICIAL RULES before submitting entries.
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Photo by Marlin Mills
This young bobcat was resting behind my home in Mesa, Arizona. She was clearly relaxed and just lounging in the shade of a wash. Parts of a Gopher snake was in the wash the next day.
Location: Mesa, AZ
Photo by Yuliza Gomez Abundio
A Crested Caracara preached on-top of a saguaro as the sun sets.
Location: Saguaro National Park, Tucson Arizona
Photo by Yuliza Gomez Abundio
Found swimming across the lake with a few other ducks, it has green feathers on top of its head. It was along the bank of the lake.
Location: Patagonia Lake Az
Photo by Yuliza Gomez Abundio
Found at the base of Madera Canyon along a hiking trail, it was preached up on tree branch. Seemed like it was quite young due to there being another pair not too far from where this Cooper hawk was.
Location: Madera Canyon
Photo by Daniel Clarke
Perched. A great horned owl scanning the landscape for it's next potential meal.
Location: Tucson, AZ
Photo by Logan Brewer (The Gritty Outdoors Photography)
‘A day on the water” A mama merganser and her little flock on the move.
Location: East Fork Black River, AZ
Photo by Logan Brewer (The Gritty Outdoors Photography)
A couple of Big Horn Sheep Ewes climbing up the steep rocks of the mountain side after a trip downstream for water.
Location: East Fork Black River, AZ
Photo by Logan Brewer (The Gritty Outdoors Photography)
Group of Big Horn Sheep Rams heading to higher ground for the evening.
Location: North Fork Black River, AZ
Photo by Connie Pilcher
This was a gorgeous red bird in the trees in the canyon
Location: Madera Canyon
Photo by Connie Pilcher
It was unusual to see a burrowing owl in a tree
Location: Scottsdale Community College
Photo by Pam J Van Den Berg
A curious Ruby Crowned Kinglet searching for a snack
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands
Photo by Katie Davisson
This photo was taken on 3/29/2025
Location: Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ