My youngest wacked her first caribou with her .243 at 12YOA and a pronghorn with a. 25-06 at 13 YOA. She is a small girl and never felt a thing. I've had her at the range with everything up to a. 30-06 with a 25lbs. bag of shot. In the field she doesn't care, only that the critter went...
Not only horrible for the victim, family and friends, with all the recent news about states re-activating bear hunts, this will be foder for the anti's. Stupidity kills, though not as often as it should (and in this case the wrong one).