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 Tom Mangelsdorf
These inquisitive little ground squirrels scamper around the desert floor or run up cactus spines without a care, and are constantly in motion.
Location: Scottsdale
Photo by McFadden
Location: Hualapais Mohave County
Photo by Mike Zacharia
Buck
Location: Chino valley Arizona, United 19A
Photo by Mary Henderson
I as out for a walk and saw this hawk sitting in tree
Location: Central Phoenix
Photo by John Durham
Bald Eagle catches a fish out of a Gilbert pond.
Location: Gilbert
Photo by John Durham
Big Horn Sheep drinking from Canyon Lake.
Location: Canyon Lake
Photo by Mary Henderson
Turtle with sky reflecting in pool of water
Location: Near Watson Lake
Photo by Cricket Fosnaugh
Coyote
Location: Laveen
Photo by Cricket Fosnaugh
Male coyote
Location: Laveen Arizona
Photo by Elina Wilson
Herd of Elk grazing...early morning.
Location: Overgaard, Arizona
Photo by Joey Powe
Image of a Rock Squirrel sitting on a rock near a ruin site, munching on some vegetation, looking out into the vast open, not seeming to care that I was even there.
Location: Near Townsend Butte
Photo by Elina Wilson
Resting in a tree along Colordo River.
Location: Parker, Arizona