What do Mourning Doves taste like?

[PeakXV]

As I type this there are about a gazillion at our feeder. They got a bit of thunder in their wings too. I also have a gazillion articles in old F&S and OL(stateside) on them. Has there ever been a season on them in Canada? Are they protected or just a kind of songbird. Judging by the way they seem to be multiplying .... I think it's high time. ..... pass the salt & pepper please .....

 

[pottsy]

I know they are hunted with regularity in the US. I think my field-guide to wild game has some recipes. I tried them once a long time ago and wasn't too impressed... but at that time probably didn't know a good way to cook them or was talked into boiling them by my Scotch mother.

 

[nlevandier]

i bet they'd make a mean teryaki stir fry!!!

 

[xeon]

They are coverd in the Migratory Birds Act, so stay away.

 

[Tumbleweed]

What do Mourning Doves taste like?

Pretty sad, I would expect....

 

[NSRA Member]

Pigeon!

 

[PeakXV]

All they seem to eat is corn at the feeder and I suspect/read that cornfields are where they are hunted stateside. If they are on a primarily corn diet then they probably have a sweet tast - if anything.

 

[xeon]

Well, tons of people eat them so I figure they wouldnt be that bad.

 

[bisonhd]

What do Mourning Doves taste like?


Sort of a cross between Marbled Murrelet and Bald Eagle.

 

[PeakXV]

What do Mourning Doves taste like?


Sort of a cross between Marbled Murrelet and Bald Eagle.

That response reminds me of my Great Auntie who when asked what rabbit tasted like always retorted "very much like cat!"

How did she .......... nah never mind.

 

[Winters]

Are they protected or just a kind of songbird.

All songbirds are protected, so not too sure what you mean...

About doves:
BC is the only Province in Canada with a season for Mourning Dove.
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/reg/index_e.cfm

 

[PeakXV]

All songbirds are protected, so not too sure what you mean...

They bloody things sing all day long, yet they are classified with Grouse as ground-walkers in all the bird books. I was unsure of their classification and why if for any reason that correlates with their protection as far as hunting is concerned in most parts of Canada ........ that's all.

... above all I'm sure somebody out there has tasted a little mourning (not morning )dove in their lifetime. Good or bad?

 

[the_big_mike]

protected

 

[sjemac]

They bloody things sing all day long, yet they are classified with Grouse as ground-walkers in all the bird books. I was unsure of their classification and why if for any reason that correlates with their protection as far as hunting is concerned in most parts of Canada ........ that's all.

... above all I'm sure somebody out there has tasted a little mourning (not morning )dove in their lifetime. Good or bad?

I have eaten them and they are excellent eating. If we had a season I would make a point of shooting them. Southern BC is the only place in Canada with a season.

 

[pottsy]

Looks like a Dove hunt is a bit of an all-ages crowd pleaser... where they can do so.

See: http://www.dovehunt.com/dove_hunting.htm

 

[Tumbleweed]

They taste kind of half ways between Whooping Crane and Bald Eagle (a little more tender, I'd say), but without the nasty fishy taste of Blue Heron.

 

[crazy_davey]

They taste kind of half ways between Whooping Crane and Bald Eagle (a little more tender, I'd say), but without the nasty fishy taste of Blue Heron.

Golden eagle is better than all the above

 

[nlevandier]

This is soooooooo funny. Good to see the young guys are getting out there!!

http://www.break.com/index/little_dove_hunter.html

 

[Brandon]

They probably taste like the box of that pick-up.

 

[pottsy]

This is soooooooo funny. Good to see the young guys are getting out there!!

http://www.break.com/index/little_dove_hunter.html

That little fella is BB-Gun age... he was slightly over-gunned for his size. But good effort... heck most kids his age ball their eyes out when they get the tiniest of scratches.