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A Wisconsin 6-year-old wasted no time killing a deer after a new state law was passed eliminating the state’s minimum hunting age.

Lexie Harris, 6, poses after bagging a buck.APLexie Harris, 6, poses after bagging a buck.AP

Just a week after Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill into law on Nov. 12, Lexie Harris and her dad, Tyler Harris, headed out to the woods near their rural home in Tyler County to bag a buck.

The duo headed to a heated enclosure built by Tyler where they waited until they would get a good shot.

When a six-point buck walked into their view, Tyler set Lexie up for a shot with the youth rifle he bought her and the kindergartner pulled the trigger, striking and killing the animal.

“She was shaking,” Tyler told the Associated Press. “She looked at me right away and said, ‘I’m not gutting it because that’s gross.’”

Tyler has taken his daughter out on hunts since she was 3-years-old, but it wasn’t until the new law was passed that the child could legally shoot the animals.

Prior to the passing of the law, a state resident had to be 12 years old to purchase a hunting license or hunt with a gun.

Lexie’s dad is “so proud of her,” said the girl’s grandmother, Karen Zubke.

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