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 Dustin Iles
A bull elk rolling in the mud to cool off during a hot afternoon.
Location: Birch Mesa, Payson, Arizona
Photo by Keith Sword
Meep Meep! I was checking out a greater roadrunner at Veterans Oasis...or was he checking me out?
Location: Veterans Oasis in Chandler, AZ
Photo by Guillermo Soberon Tirado
Turkey vulture flying close to the Moon in the Arizona desert.
Location: Robles Pass, Tucson, Arizona.
Photo by Joey Meza
Three wolves discuss an elk dinner.
Location: Horseshoe Cienega Lake
Photo by Guillermo Soberon Tirado
Raven sitting on top of a Saguaro that is about to bloom.
Location: Brown Mountain, Tucson, Arizona
Photo by Tim Roan
Hawk in a tree, lookin back at me
Location: Wellton
Photo by Tim Roan
White crane on an island in a pond with a waterfall in background
Location: Wellton
Photo by Tim Roan
Owl in a tree, hard to see
Location: Wellton
Photo by Tyler Gentry
I also have a video if you want it
Location: At the summit of Brown's Peak
Photo by Sergio A Casares
While hiking in Oracle State Park I came across this little fellow on the side of the trail.
Location: Oracle AZ
Photo by Dan Mattausch
Rutting -bugling bull
Location: Unit 1
Photo by Cathy Sanders
Say this guys driving around on the side f the road
Location: Nutrioso