Strut,
Good point. She has played soccer since she was six and has played club (travel) soccer now since she was 10. I was warned about the pitfalls of pushing kids early on and have observed it happening to others.
Fortunatly she seems to be the one that is obsessive. She asked to be put on a weight program (i did), asks me to take her to UNC womens soccer games (6 hour drive ans we do). Has gone to several Soccer camps over the years including UNC and UK.
She is a little bit that way with hunting. She can't wait to get out there. The only part she was struggling with was practicing with the 30-30. I'm not going to force that anymore other than a shot or two before the season. She'll eventually grow into it.

I have a Rem 710 Camoin 270 that was given to me as a gift. I like the gun and it shoots great at the rangebut it looks like others have had bad luck with the model.

I've always thought about what would happen if we walked up on a shot deer like you described. I'm sure that could happen with any caliber though maybe just more of a chance with the 223 possibly and I expect it will one day happen to us.

Truthfully, I hope she just always sticks with the 30-30. It's a Marlin 336 and i just love that gun

PS. My other daughter (14) is a high school cherrleader that has loved football and baseball since she was 6. I take her to pro and college football games (she'd go every week if we could afford it) When she was 9 she could name every Tampa bay Buc. Geez. Big Giants, Jets and Yankee fan