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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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Hummingbird

Photo by: Daniel Skaggs

Hummingbird collecting nectar off of a globe willow

Location: Gila county

Big Horn sheep

Photo by: Jill

Big horn sheep grazing by the side of the road

Location: Alpine , Arizona

Desert Bighorn Sheep with Lamb

Photo by: Michelle Westby

This is a photo of a Bighorn Sheep and its baby lamb on a rocky mountain side.

Location: Willow Springs Canyon

Coues Whitetail Deer

Photo by: Hunter McGaughey

Location: Chiricahua national monument

Owl

Photo by: Lori acosta

Out just looking and found this owl I the trees. Amazing

Location: Willcox az

Mule deer

Photo by: Leonard acosta

Had a great photo opportunity. My granddaughter said it’s a kangaroo. lol.

Location: Willcox az

Muley

Photo by: Valerie K Thorne

Mulecreek, Az

Location: Unit 27

Elk

Photo by: Timothy OBrien

Bullwinkle bull

Location: Happy jack, az

Mule deer

Photo by: Timothy OBrien

Bucks

Location: White mountains

Gila Monster

Photo by: Earl Saucier

Was glassing for Coues Whitetail and this Gila monster meandered right by.

Location: Superstition Mountains below Two Bar Mountain

Broad-Tailed hummingbird

Photo by: Quincy Jessop

This is a broad tailed hummingbird I photographed in northern Arizona on the strip

Location: Arizona Strip

Coatimundi

Photo by: Elizabeth. Johnson.

Climbing to find food

Location: Prescott national Forest near Jerome, Arizona