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2026 Arizona Wildlife Views Photo Contest

A wading great egret by Tyler Hartung won Best of Show in the 2025 Wildlife Photo Contest, sponsored by Arizona Game & Fish

2025 Best in Show | Tyler Hartung


Do you have a knack for capturing great photos of wildlife?
Do you want to see your photo on the cover of Arizona Wildlife Views?
Then you won’t want to miss the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s 20th annual wildlife photo contest.

One best in show and 11 winners will be showcased in the 2027 calendar, which is published as part of the November-December 2026 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.

Entrants are responsible for complying with the OFFICIAL RULES; not doing so may result in disqualification.

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Gila Monster

Photo by: Ian Cassell

Tasting the air to see "what's up"

Location: Green Valley, AZ

Desert Box Turtle

Photo by: Mary Roger

I came across this Desert Box Turtle on the sandy, muddy trail beside the San Pedro River one morning after a rainy night.

Location: San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, 9 miles east of Sierra Vista, AZ

Berylline Hummingbird

Photo by: Reggan Dumpert

The Berylline Hummingbird is a unique hummingbird that can be found in the sky islands of Arizona

Location: Madera Canyon Arizona

Mule Deer

Photo by: Renita Olson

Doe and her twins

Location: Eagar, AZ

Native Gray Duck

Photo by: Julia Letcher

Photograph of a baby Native Gray Duck was taken in Chandler, AZ

Location: Chandler, AZ

Turkey

Photo by: Renita Olson

Location: Hawley Lake

Great Blue Heron

Photo by: Renita Olson

Location: Hawley Lake

Cardinal

Photo by: Julia Letcher

Photograph of a Cardinal was taken at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, AZ.

Location: Superior, AZ

Young Bobcat

Photo by: Reggan Dumpert

Young Arizona Bobcat on a tree.

Location: Tucson Arizona

Arizona Bobcat

Photo by: Reggan Dumpert

Two young Arizona Bobcats sitting in a tree.

Location: Tucson Arizona

Male Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), also known as a drake.

Photo by: Jadyn Deiser

Floating effortlessly amidst cool autumn reflections and drifting leaves, a male Mallard pauses on the quiet pond waters of Rio Vista Community Park in Peoria. This captures the beautiful park pond

Location: Rio Vista Park Peoria Arizona

Curved Billed Thrasher

Photo by: Ian Cassell

Thrasher on stump

Location: Green Valley, AZ