Every year my father, my wife, myself and a friend make the trek to up state Pa. for the first week of deer season. For the second year in a row the boss lady showed up the boys by filling her tag. Good job my love.
Not a suggestion for caliber but for the rifle. You didn’t mention what your budget was, if you’re going to build a rifle you may want to look into a quick change action like the Zeus and drop it into some type of chassis. As you kid grows the chassis can easily be adjusted and with the QC...
I’d be interested if it’s a 700 short action footprint. I think Defiance and Lone Peak call their short actions a medium, I think they just open up the mag well or something.