Monday is the final day to cast your vote in the NWPA Outdoors 2012 Deer of the Year contest.

The Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

Deer legally harvested during any 2012-13 seasons were eligible; photo submission ended in Dec. 10. The contest was open only to individuals who were 18 years or older at time of entry. Entrants must have either harvested their deer in the Northwest Region or reside in the Northwest Region and have harvested their deer in Pennsylvania.

The public vote winner will get a prize pack including a 145-pound Camo Poly Rope by SecureLine; “Steelheader’s Journal,” signed by author John Nagy; four GoErie.com camp mugs, and a GoErie.com bottle opener

The editor’s choice winner will receive a prize pack including a 110-pound Camo Poly Rope by SecureLine; “Beyond Catch & Release: Exploring the Future of Fly Fishing,” by Paul Guernsey; four GoErie.com camp mugs, and a GoErie.com bottle opener.

George King, of Girard, used his crossbow to shoot an 11-point trophy buck in East Springfield during archery season. The deer weighed 198 pounds field dressed and had a 21 1/4-inch outside spread.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Monday, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

Marcus Yudt, 14, of Millcreek Township, shot this 8-point buck Dec. 1 in Forest County while hunting with his father and two brothers. His brother Steven spotted the deer.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

Brian Kightlinger, of Venango, shot a buck Nov. 28 near his home. It was his first-ever 10-point.

2012 PA Rifle Buck

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

Erie resident Joe Campanella, a junior at McDowell Senior High School, shot a 10-point mule deer Oct. 28 while hunting in Wyoming. The deer weighed almost 300 pounds.

Wyoming Mule Deer

Kirk P. Hulick, left, and his son, Kirk C. Hulick, each shot a deer on family property in Rockdale Township, Crawford County, during the Pennsylvania general hunting season.

Kirk P. Hulick, of Erie, got his 9-point on opening day at 11:30 a.m. He used a .243.

Kirk C. Hulick, also of Erie, got his 185-pound 8-point Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. with his .308.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

NWPA Outdoors wishes all of its readers and their families the happiest and most peaceful of Christmases today.

White-tailed deer play in a field in LeBoeuf Township early on Nov. 26, the first day for hunting deer with firearms in Pennsylvania. ANDY COLWELL/Erie Times-News

Fishing guide Karl Weixlmann, wearing his Santa hat, fishes a pool on Twenty Mile Creek during a heavy snowfall on Christmas Eve 2004. JACK HANRAHAN/Erie Times-News file photo

Frank Pluta shot an 8-point buck at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 26, the opening day of deer season in Pennsylvania.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

Zach Lyons, 12, of Franklin, shot an 8-point buck Nov. 2 with his compound bow.

Lyons and his grandfather, Tom Young, were hunting on the edge of State Game Land 39 in Venango County.Young was in a tree stand and Lyons in a ground blind. He shot the deer from 15 yards after it responded to rattling.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.

Doug Pierce shot this 10-point buck in Warren County.

Vote for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year at goerie.com/deeroftheyear. Voting ends Dec. 31, and the Deer of the Year will be announced Jan. 6 in the Erie Times-News and on www.GoErie.com, along with an Editor’s Choice pick.

You can still submit your deer photo to the GoErie Hunting and Fishing gallery.