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.

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

Glenn Barthelson Jr., of Erie, shot a crab-claw 10-point buck in the Allegheny National Forest, Forest County.

Barthelson’s deer is among the candidates for the NWPA Outdoors Deer of the Year. Vote for your favorite 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.

Taylor Rogers’ first career buck was a 10-point he shot Nov. 26 at 9:50 a.m. in Warren County. It was a 65-yard shot with his .243.

Taylor Rogers bags first buck

Sid Otteni shot his 9-point Nov. 26 in Franklin Township, Erie County. The buck’s rack had a 25 1/8-inch spread.

Sid Otteni Buck

Eric Thompson, of North East, shot an 11-point in Marshburg, McKean County. The deer has a likely green score of 130-140.

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.

Bradford Watson, of Fairview, shot a 12-point buck Dec. 1 on State Game Land 314 in West Springfield.

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.