'It's like a dream come true': 11-year-old girl who needs a heart and liver transplant can't contain her joy after shooting 335-pound bear on hunting trip



An 11-year-old girl in need of a heart and liver transplant had her wish come true when she killed a 335-pound black bear.



Taken out on one of the last bear hunts of the season in Junction City, Wisconsin, on Sunday Kaitlynn Bessette had to wait until the last day of her trip before she managed to take down the huge beast with one shot to the heart.



'When I looked through that scope I didn't see it as a bear, I saw it as a 300 pound lion that's about to attack you, so I held the gun as steady as I could, I turned my head and than I shot,' said Kaitlynn who has always dreamed of being part of a successful bear hunt.

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Kaitlynn Bessette poses proudly with her 335-pound black bear which she shot on Sunday

Diagnosed with Triscuspid atresia at birth, desperately ill Kaitlynn was able to take part in the hunting trip because of the United Special Sportsman Alliance.

The group was founded to enable children with disabilities to acheieve goals such as kayaking, fishing and hunting that they might not have thought were possible.

Kaitlynn with a member of United Special Sportsman Alliance which helped facilitate her successful hunt

Kaitlynn with another member of United Special Sportsman Alliance and the large bear which she shot

The bear was shot dead with a single bullet to the heart

For self-professed hunting and fishing fanatic Kaitlynn, the bear kill was a dream come true.



'I felt thankful, like really thankful I shot a bear,' said Kaitlynn.



Still on the transplant waiting list for a new heart and liver, the 11-year-old thought she was going to go home empty handed.



'I was thinking I was going to not see anything and I'd have to go another day,' said Kaitlynn.



However, when she successfully took down the 335-pound black bear, she excitedly called her mother, who became very emotional.

Kaitlynn described the hunt as a dream come true for her because she loves the outdoors

'I think I knew it, but it just didn't sink in until she called me and when she called me it was amazing, I started instantly crying,' said Kaitlynn's mother, Amanda Bessette to ABC WAOW .

'I'm definitely proud of my daughter, she has been a wonderful blessing.'



Kaitlynn's father Seth, was just as happy for his daughter as his wife saying, 'She's a good kid, I'm really proud of her.'

