ORIGINAL: tealboy
Ok. sounds like good advice. I really never thought about it before until my friend said that was how his son got his first turkey. Maybe he got lucky but he was 8 and the shot was placed in the breast, frontal, near the neck. Frankly, my plan was to allow her to shoot and I planned to follow up with an immediate shot with the shotgun. It's still risky I suppose.
I think i will look into getting a 410 and attempting a close shot. I have access to one designed for kids.
The follow up blast from your shotgun will probably scare her a lot more than the recoil from a shotgun would.
A .410 is better than a .22, but I'd still go for a 20 gauge. I wouldn't let her shoot it until she is killing a turkey.... she'll never feel the recoil. Show her how to aim, practice with a couple dry fires, let her shoot her .22 in practice, and let her kill a bird.