better caliber for a 1st time hunter

sorry, forgot my reasoning. It is a flat shooting, low recoiling round that is relativly cheap, compared to a lot of these mostly hand loaded suggestions
(like the .3 whellen...a fun round, but not for a first timer)

i love my model 70 .270, its a great deer gun. i have a 30-06 as well, also a good dear gun, but the .270 is better INHO.
 
I second the motion of letting her decide. I'm still chafing nearly 30 years later after Mrs. Meek took one look at my nickel plated S&W Model 59 and took it for her own, leaving me to carry the pea shooter I'd gotten her. :o
 
Get a 7mm-08 and don't look back,It will be all you need for most hunting situations.My wife who is rather petite shoots a Rem. model 7 7mm-08 and my 16 year old daughter shoots my Browning micro hunter 7mm-08 both with no problem there is very little recoil and decent bullet selection.
 
Either the .30/30 or .243 will do exceptionally well. I introduced my soon-to-be wife to centerfire with a Marlin 336 because the configuration fit her well. Fit is a PARAMOUNT consideration. Having what she can hold well will determine results. Either of the two calibers will not move very much at all and the confidence factor will be fantastic. You can reassure her that those two have been putting game on the ground for a century (I'm a track record fanatic) and will not fail her. The only other factor would be short field versus long field. A scope of appropriate (i.e. not too high) magnification will illustrate clearly what she can and cannot do with the rifle provided for her--if it looks too small through it and/or the jiggling is too great, she can clearly see not to shoot.

Set it up right and you got a dead deer or two and a new hunter for life.
 
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