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 Bill Hamilton
Looking for a tasty treat
Location: Munds Park
Photo by Bill Hamilton
Fluffing after a bath
Location: Phoenix
Photo by Lin Chao
Early morning Breakfast
Location: Gilbert Riparian Water Ranch park
Photo by Lin Chao
Born of the Herd, Guarded by Love.
Location: At North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
Photo by faith grutzmacher
A bobcat perched in the pine tree above me after hearing my movement in my blind. Spring 2025 Bison hunt.
Location: Kaibab National Forest
Photo by Katie Weatherly
A sparrow perched among the twisted branches of a Sedona tree
Location: Sedona Arizona
Photo by R.W. Keiling
A hatchling of a Great Horned Owl awaits the return of the mother to the nest built into the folded arms of a majestic saguaro cacti.
Location: north of Phoenix
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Snapped this photo as they both started to take off
Location: Clarkdale
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Early morning hours near the verde river
Location: Verde canyon
Photo by Sheldon Ryan
Turkey vulture over looking the verde river
Location: Clarkdale
Photo by John Durham
A Great Egret finds a snack in a Gilbert pond.
Location: Gilbert
Photo by Neil foster
Group of turkey vultures sitting together in a dead tree. Jungle book style
Location: Saguaro lake