I agree with Lee.. buck/doe fever is terrible in some people. I have a nephew that wasunable to shoot at all. One friend I have, that as he gets ready to shoot, shakes so bad you'd think he was having fits. I saw him miss a doe with his T/C Hawkins at 20 yards. I told him he should have threw the gun. Yet paper target shooting this person does not miss. We tease him without mercy and he is good natured and takes it well. He even admits it. He shot a beautiful buck one afternoon. When I congratulated him on the excellent neck shot he made, he laughed and said I was aiming for his heart...

Tell your friend the next time he sees a doe, relax, watch her walk around,and breath deep. Tell himself, he is not going to shoot this one. Just simply have him watch the doe walk around. Have him pull the shotgun up and take aim on it, but tell him not to shoot. That is until he is calm. Watching the deer walk around and pulling up on it, or holding on it but knowing he does not have to shoot it, will calm him down. When he is doing this tell him to remember to breath. Also get him a set of shooting sticks. He is going to need all the help he can get.

Once the sight of the deer does not put that monster rush into the system, and he learns to breath through it in a somewhat natural manner, he can then sight down and squeeze off a shot. I worked with my nephew for two seasons. He was finally able to shoot a deer, and then when it came to field dressing we had a whole new problem. He decided deer hunting was not his cup of tea.