Posted on 11/29/2025 4:20:15 PM PST by CFW
The September day was rapidly fading as 12-year-old Kaci Bulkley settled in for a shot at her first elk, a huge bull, 600 yards away.
She couldn’t quite get her custom-built 7mm Remington magnum rifle steady enough, so her dad, Hazer Bulkley, offered some help.
“I wasn’t feeling too steady. So my dad took off his shoe, and put it under the gunstock” Kaci told Cowboy State Daily.
That provided the solid rest she needed, so she pulled the trigger and landed a lethally solid hit.
“He (the bull) took about 10 seconds to go down. He went about five yards and fell over,” Kaci said.
The bull’s antler rack scored in the 320-inch range, not bad at all for a first elk. Kaci has also bagged coyotes, antelope and a mule deer buck that scored 184 inches.
Though her hunting career is just getting started, Kaci is already selective about the game she’ll take.
(Excerpt) Read more at cowboystatedaily.com ...
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Awesome! The whole story, at the link, is worth the read. Great kid, great family.
And there are more photos of her other kills. Scroll down for a single and below that a manual slideshow.
12 year old girl shooting a 7mm magnum.
Extraordinary.
It causes most grown men to flinch.
https://gununiversity.com/7mm-rem-mag-vs-300-win-mag/
I have rifle that is capable of 600 yards, much heavier bullet.
The 7MM Rem Mag shoots very flat and travels very fast.
At that range, the bullet and load is critical.
I have a gun smith friend from childhood that bought a custom built 257 Weatherby Magnum that he could not close bolt on local reload from new brass, I did a little research for him. Found the tolerances of some of the reloading dies simply were not close enough in tolerance. Different dies, very hard on crimping and seating and all was well. Tighter fit of brass and chamber is critical in a number of high performance rifles.
Nice shot.
Where’s the pictures of her field dressing and packing/loading out?
That’s where trophy wives of the future impress the most.
Those are my kind of neighbors. (Meaning the kind I wish I had living around me, not necessarily the kind I actually have)
600 yard shots at elk are unethical. Her dad taught her the wrong lesson.
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