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 Joyann Wesson
Elk in the lake
Location: Big lake white mountains Arizona
Photo by Riley Simmons
Location: Arivaca
Photo by Manuel Joseph Ruiz
We were driving the Cibola National Refuge Goose loop ans captured this photo of a deer hiding in the corn they plant to help feed all the Big Game and water fowl.
Location: Cibola
Photo by Niels Barks
We caught this gila monster in the act of hunting a family of quail in a neighbor's yard. He was not happy with us for ruining his hunt.
Location: Entrada Del Oro neighborhood, Gold Canyon, AZ.
Photo by Elizabeth Bailey
Just the boys hanging out
Location: Big Lake AZ
Photo by Jared Garde
Abert's squirrel looking for food
Location: Prescott, Arizona
Photo by Jared Garde
Male and Female Bald Eagle
Location: Prescott, Arizona
Photo by Clayton Moore
California quail perched on a mesquite bush on a spring afternoon.
Location: Dugas Arizona
Photo by Colton Moore
Common collared lizards sunning on a rock
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Photo by Cassie Moore
Mountain Lion in an Arizona Sycamore tree.
Location: Central Arizona
Photo by Spence Fairbanks
A Rufous Hummingbird preens his feathers while he guards his food supply in the woods in Pinetop Arizona.
Location: Pinetop
Photo by Raymond R Lee
Location: Ajo Highway, AZ