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 Gerald Lamb
A female Anna's Hummingbird laps up nectar from a Palo Verde blossom.
Location: Vail, AZ
Photo by Anita Leavey
Family of deer out for their evening meal
Location: Vail, AZ
Photo by Kenny Broadhead
Herd of Rams and Ewes just East of the "Wave"
Location: Coyote Buttes South (The Wave)
Photo by Kenny Broadhead
3-4 years old Ram on yhe sandstone!!
Location: Coyote Buttes South
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
Spotted an adorable Vermillion Flycatcher sitting on top of a tree with a beautiful blue sky background.
Location: Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
This small sparrow was spotted sitting on a dead branch of tree sometime in a cool winter morning.
Location: Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona
Photo by Kohinoor Kar
A pair of beautiful rabbits spotted inside the preserve area on a relatively cooler morning. Kept one of them in-focus.
Location: Riparian Preserve, Gilbert, Arizona
Photo by Robert Burson
Location: Table Mountain
Photo by Morgan Rice
Sitting in a blind waiting for Pronghorn Antelope and this beautiful Red-Tailed Hawk took off in flight looking for its next meal.
Location: Kaibab Plateau
Photo by Lark Lorenz
Location: payson
Photo by Nikolay Mladenov
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Mike Henry
Curve-billed Thrasher feeding its young at its nest. Low-res image... 8MB jpeg at high-res
Location: East Tucson