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All Award Winning Images for 2023

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The 2023 Contest was held January – June, 2023

The Wildlife in Focus photo contest is held biennially in odd numbered years. A professional or amateur photographer (or a team of 2 photographers) is paired with a participating landowner forming a partnership.


Top 10 Team Grand Prize Winners for 2023

Images of Grand Prize Teams

Images from the 2023 Wildlife In Focus Photo Contest Award Banquet

To view Individual winning images click on the category links above.

  • 1st Grand Prize  

  • Photographer – Charles Lawrence 

  • Landowners: Charles Lawrence 

  • Ranch: Laborcitas Creek Ranch, Brooks County 

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  • 2nd Grand Prize 

  • Photographer – Walton Cude 

  • Landowners: George & Claire Vaughan 

  • Ranch: Twin Oaks Legacy Ranch, Live Oak County 

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  • 3rd Grand Prize 

  • Photographer Team – Dave Richards & Joseph Richards 

  • Landowners: Cuatro Hindes & John Schulte 

  • Ranch: Hindes Ranch, Atascosa & Frio Counties 

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  • 4th Grand Prize 

  • Photographer – Dave Allen & Bill Harvey 

  • Landowners: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program 

  • Ranch: Nueces Delta Preserve/Mission Delta, Nueces County 

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  • 5th Grand Prize 

  • Photographer – Adan “Bull” Alvarez 

  • Landowner – Private 

  • Ranch: Private, Kleberg & Kenedy Counties 

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  • 6th Place 

  • Photographer – Melissa Zieschang 

  • Landowners: City of Port Aransas 

  • Ranch: Port Aransas Nature Preserve, Nueces County 

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  • 7th Place 

  • Photographer – Thomas “Bubba” Stinson & Ricky Harding 

  • Landowners: John & Donna Cornelius 

  • Ranch: Cornelius Ranches, Jim Wells County 

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  • 8th Place 

  • Photographer – David Kelly & Aron Cantu

  • Landowners: Charles Lawrence

  • Ranch: Laborcitas Creek Ranch, Brooks County

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  • 9th Place  

  • Photographer – Laura Lee Barfield 

  • Landowners: Dr. Sandy Hurwitz 

  • Ranch: Transition Ranches, Kinney & Uvalde Counties 

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  • 10th Place 

  • Photographer – Bill Harvey 

  • Landowners: Louis J Foester III Lands & Bill Harvey Properties 

  • Ranch: Foester Family Properties, Calhoun & Victoria Counties