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had a thought. since the 'youth' hunter is going to shoot less than 100 yards usually, why not a muzzleloader with a reduced charge. they need quiet and low recoil, could easily kill deer at 100 or less with 60 to 70 grains of ffg, and it's safe and a single shot, so would be easily controllable. don't prime until ready to shoot, etc.

I am a big fan of my marlin x7 in 308 with reduced loads with 30-30 bullets with a youth stock for kids . A 150 gr flat point at 1900 fps will do very well on deer out to 150 yards or so, with light recoil. You can load it up later with faster loads with bullets designed for those speeds, and get an adult stock if she grows enough to need it later.

Savage 243 model 110 or 10 (forgot which) with the accutrigger. They have good recoil pads and I hand load 55 grain noslers over a starting load of R15 for practice. No recoil hardly. You can find em in the used gun shops for $250 sometimes and always be able to get back out of it what you spent if you ever so choose.