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 Chas Metz
Location: South Mountain
Photo by Chas Metz
Location: South Mountain
Photo by Matt wilson
Spotted these scouting for my elk hunt last year
Location: 6B
Photo by Jim Nelson
I Duck When They Say..."Knock on Wood"
It was early morning when I found this duck perched on a tree branch over a pond in Watson Woods. The sun had just caught the duck's brilliant head colors.
Location: Watson Woods Riparian Preserve, Prescott, AZ
Photo by Alonzo Foster
Vulture in a tree
Location: Fountain Hills
Photo by Nicole Thoresen
A subspecies of the western fence lizard, commonly called the Sierra fence lizard, performs some pushups to warn off predators.
Location: Ramsey Canyon Preserve
Photo by Nicole Thoresen
A flock of Sandhill Cranes take a respite for some water during their annual migration.
Location: White Water Draw
Photo by Nicole Thoresen
A canyon Towhee stops to pose while enjoying a lunch of native berries.
Location: San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, AZ.
Photo by JoAnne Bien
crane waiting for fish
Location: Woods Canyon Lake
Photo by Christine Bretzke
Basking in the sun
Location: Deer Creek /Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
Photo by Adam Rodriguez
Location: Gilbert Water Ranch
Photo by David Zehring
A female (ewe) big horn sheep on a bluff at Canyon Lake took time for this spectacular pose on a cloudy day.
Location: Canyon Lake