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 Tara Campanaro
Harris's Hawk fledgling
Location: Glendale, AZ
Photo by Jackie Pierick
Location: Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, AZ
Photo by Eron Lee
Night Heron about to down a large Tilapia
Location: Gilbert Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
Photo by Jackie Pierick
This desert spiny lizard spotted me before I spotted it while photographing some prickly pear cacti!
Location: Veteran's Oasis Park in Chandler, Arizona
Photo by THOMAS MORGAN
Mule deer, standing guard while 4 doe headed up the mountain.
Location: Base of Owl Head Butte
Photo by Brandon Brooks
This was a deer that I came across on my deer hunt.
Location: Unit 23
Photo by Anthony Dowse
Found these two chillin’ in the city, which I thought was unusual.
Location: Avondale, AZ
Photo by Anthony Dowse
The elk love to roam thru the neighborhoods of Pine, Arizona and I spotted this little gal.
Location: Pine, Arizona
Photo by Bobby Brammeier
Antelope grazing
Location: Cottonwood
Photo by Aaden Dowse
Mother and baby elk
Location: Pine Arizona
Photo by Donald Johnson
Mountain lion in tree
Location: Prescott National Forest
Photo by Joey Meza
Mother Hawk protecting her nested babies in a eucalyptus tree.
Location: Phoenix