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 Christine Nolan
Male Gambel's quail keeping watch from above
Location: Skunk creek wash
Photo by ROBERT JAMES BUXTON
THE 1ST TIME A COYOTE PUP SEES A ROADRUNNER , YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS EYES, THE CHASE IS ON .
Location: CAVE CREEK, AZ.
Photo by Jeff Herbert
A bald eagle perches on a snag at Woods Canyon Lake
Location: Woods Canyon Lake
Photo by Jeff Herbert
A juvenile Harris Hawk lands on a saguaro
Location: Superstition Mountains/Tonto NF
Photo by Jeff Herbert
A Harris Hawk perches on an agave stalk
Location: Superstition Mountains/Tonto NF
Photo by Andrea Johnson
Enjoying our first July monsoon.
Location: Neighborhood Scottsdale street
Photo by Ken Sullins
Gambels male calling in desert
Location: New River AZ
Photo by William Hartless
We where out scouting for deer in are unit 34A and saw him having a snack not a care in the world. Love red tails I’ve been trying to find one for falconry so cool
Location: Sonora
Photo by John Van Veldhuizen
Location: Madera Canyon
Photo by John Van Veldhuizen
A "combat dance" between to male rattlesnakes
Location: West Desert Trails, Green Valley
Photo by John Van Veldhuizen
Catch of the Day
Location: Sahuarita Lake
Photo by Scott Pirtle
This herd bull paused briefly to look back, as if I might have been a challenger for his cows as he pushed them into the timber - just as the sun broke and illuminated him majestically.
Location: White Mountains near Alpine