YOUNG GUN
Shocking pic shows girl, 8, lying on top of massive 30 stone elk she shot dead – becoming Michigan’s youngest hunter
SHOCKING pictures show an eight-year-old girl lying on the body of a 30-stone elk she has shot dead.
Braeleigh Miller became the youngest person on record to successfully hunt an elk in Michigan after killing the animal on December 14.
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She killed the animal after locating it with the help of a guide while on a hunting trip with dad Gunnar.
"They were all still in the field when it got daylight," Gunnar told .
"We waited for legal shooting hours, and we snuck across the field and they were in a perfect position in the field.
"I mean it couldn't have unfolded any better."
Footage shows the group watching the herd while crouching in the snow.
Braeleigh made the shot from 200 yards away, her longest ever, and said she was excited to have set an age record for Michigan state.
"It's cool for me because I've never set a record before," she said.
"My dad hasn't set a record before, and my grandpa hasn't set a record before.
"So I'm like to them: 'Ha-ha'."
MOVED TO TEARS
After the shot, video shows Gunnar hugging his daughter, and he said later he had been moved to tears by her accomplishment.
"Yeah I got pretty worked up, I was pretty excited," he said.
"There were a few people on Facebook that were pretty skeptical, being the size of the gun and the caliber of the gun and the amount of the kick that it has, being that it was a full size.
"It wasn't a youth gun or anything, it was a full size rifle, and a .308-caliber has a little bit of a kick to it, but she handled it like a champ."
Gunnar said he hoped Braeleigh's achievement would encourage more young people to take up hunting.
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"Youth hunting in Michigan is a dying sport.
"To have them be the one that's pulling the trigger and actually harvesting the animal at a young age is a huge opportunity for them that we didn't have when we were younger."
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