IMO 2nd grade is still too young to hunt. About 7 yrs old, right? That is a tender young age to understand the harvest (kill). Once the harvest takes place- there is no going back.

Another thing that must be taken into consideration is what if the shot isn't perfectly placed and you have a deer either run off wounded or thrashing around on the ground. IMO only a perfectly placed shot with a .410 is going to put a deer down good so it leaves those scenerios entirely possible. Those scenerios will not leave the child feeling very good IMO.

I don't know if you have check stations or organized hunt programs over there in flatland. Maybe you could just bring her to see what it is about, what other youngsters are doing with their hunts - but not to see what she is missing out on.

Take it easy and focus on things she might find cool. Some new camo bibs, her own binoculars or maybe a camera she can use to "take" her game. Keep taking her out as a non-hunting partner, after all it is her company you want mostly right?

She's young and there is plenty of time. If you head down the wrong path now, you'll have to turn around and go back a lot further than where you started to get close to a good new starting point.

I wish for the best & believe me, I've been there and done that w/ 2 of my 3 boys.