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 Paul Reap
Black-tailed rattlesnake near Blue River in Coconino County, Arizona.
Location: Coconino County, Arizona
Photo by Paul Reap
Arizona Black Rattlesnake perched on a log in the morning, waiting for the sun to come out.
Location: Bass Canyon, Arizona
Photo by Jeff Mooney
Gila Monster relocated from a garage in Troon North
Location: Troon North
Photo by Jeff Mooneu
Young western Diamondback relocated from a front porch
Location: Cave Creek, AZ
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Photo by Elliott F Smith
[I eat tonight]
Location: Madera Canyon
Photo by Ellott F Smith
Are you seeing what i'm seeing
Location: ASDM
Photo by James Dutton
Snake with a Gopher in it's belly.
Location: Paulden, Arizona
Photo by Tom Mangelsdorf
Curve-billed Thrasher chick and its mother at feeding time (which is usually all the time)...
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by Dan Weisz
The Trio at El Rio: Three Snowy Egrets were all feeding where a trickle of water entered the preserved. Snowy Egrets can be found in southern Arizona during the winter months.
Location: El Rio Preserve in Marana
Photo by Dan Weisz
A Bobcat dove into the water and caught a Northern Shoveler duck and brought it into the brush to consume. It was dripping wet as it took its time with its meal.
Location: Sweetwater Wetlands
Photo by Dan Weisz
One morning a Cliff Chipmunk stretched across a burnt log, a remnant of recent fires.
Location: Mount Lemmon
Photo by Ariel
White great egret
Location: Twin lakes golf course