Posted: 10/31/2012 6:31:06 PM EDT
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Okay, I'll get straight to the point - my 14 and a half year old whacked herself two nice elk with a pinned and welded SUITCASE 14.5" .
I found the SUITCASE rifle, put it together, lashed on a S&B 3-12 (same scope the Marines bought a large buy of) and sighted it in. I managed to shoot a .30" or so 5 shot group and went WOW. Broke it down and headed off to Colorado with it. Met Daughter and Mrs. L in Colorado after 20 hours of me driving the stuff up (next year I'm taking volunteers). Put SUITCASE rifle together on cabin eatin' table that night. 1st day, daughter has a cow in the scope but doddled. I say later "Why did you let that one go ? There are not that many opportunities to fill the freezer up here." She replied she didn't know she was cleared hot to shoot. Fair enough. Next morning, again a long climb for us non-highlanders. Peeked over ridge and BINGO !! Daughter has keen eyes and spots 2 cows afar. Scramble to set up, get her SUITCASE rifle onto a Manfrotto tripod ... into a sitting position. Range it to be 462 yards, punch data into Kestrel, and it spits out the number. Daughter says "Is it okay to shoot ?" Daughter knows the shot is to the top of the heart. Brad of Trout Creek Ranch starts to speak a long sentence starting with the word "Okay, blah, blah, blah" - daughter hears "Okay" - BAM !! Rifle goes off !! I hear the whap of the bullet. She mutters to herself - "It's still standing" - BAM !! Rifle goes off again. She shot it once in the heart and once again through the lungs. Elk pitches over and she turns to me and pumps her fist. 
5 minutes later. Keen-eyed daughter spots bull coming down hill more to the right. Scramble to reposition in that direction. Morning sun is about to blind us coming over the peak. No time to spare. Range it and whoa, that's a fair piece of real estate between us and that 5x5. 652 yards !! IIRC, Kestrel said 5.6 mils, but I'm hard of hearing and short on memory. Anyhow, before I could get out "Don't jerk the trig ..." BAM !! Rifle goes off !! Bull turns and ducks behind cover. Daughter says she can see him and that he's still standing. BAM !! Rifle goes off again. Up underneath us several more elk come crashing through right under our nose. That distracts the adults, but daughter says she saw bull pitch down behind tree. Gather kit, and start to hike out. Sure enough, bull was right where she said it was and we got a pic of the bullet-punched heart. Forgot to ask processor if she hit second shot or not. No blood behind the diaphram of either animal. Good shootin' and a chip off the ol' block. 
Took her orange off for some pics - note her lucky t-shirt - ALWAYS LETHAL by UnderArmor 
" Both ladies have bagged their bulls " 
Yes, in case you were wondering, it's a day early, and this is the thread you are looking for. GO !! 
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