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.
GALLERY
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Photo by Stephen Brashear
Leaving a camp early, heading south on 260 saw this guy clinging to a tree next to the road. By the time I could stop, he was on the ground by the trees about 50 yards.
Location: Off SR 260 on Mogollon Rim north of Strawberry
Photo by Melinda Tichenor
Elk licking nose
Location: Bearizona
Photo by KATIE R GRESZLER
Caught a whitetail just as we came around the corner in our UTV
Location: 34B
Photo by KATIE R GRESZLER
Grabbed a photo of this guy coming in for water in our pond!
Location: 34B
Photo by Tim Dayton
One of my favorite species of rattlesnake in the state of Arizona Sonoran desert sidewinder
Location: Picture rocks Arizona
Photo by Chrissy Frinkle
American Wigeon on one of the many lakes at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve
Location: Gilbert
Photo by Tim Dayton
Well driving a dirt road one night I came across this awesome lizard which is one of my favorites in the Sonoran desert
Location: Picture rocks Arizona
Photo by Chrissy Frinkle
Mallard duck on Watson Lake
Location: Prescott AZ
Photo by Brandie Lane
Look at that smile!
Location: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ
Photo by Brandie Lane
This guy was posing for pictures for me! What a natural model!
Location: Petrified Forest, Holbrook, Arizona
Photo by Tara Campanaro
Harris’s hawk perched in tree.
Location: Glendale
Photo by Keith Sword
A northern cardinal flashes its colors in Superior, AZ
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum