What do Mourning Doves taste like?

For those of you who are bird eaters you are missing out, these birds are delicious especially when you know how to cook them, when I go states side this is one of the hunts I push to go on. The only bad thing is that they are time consuming to clean when there are lots.
 
We here in Canada protect them so the Yanks can have another piece of wildlife to hunt. Personally I think they taste and recipe just like Rock Doves, ie. barn pidgeons, not that I've actively deprived any Yank of a bird that my fields fed!!!
 
They taste just fine, go well with Moros y Christianos ( black beans & rice ) and are particularly good when enjoyed under the palm trees in January or February with a Cuba Libre or Mojito or two to wash them down with !

Shot s*#t - loads of both Mourning & White-winged doves, and have yet to meet anyone who didn't like them ! Much finer flavour than feral or barn pigeons.
 
To me they have the same taste of dark meat(thighs) of chicken or turkey,I don't like white breast meat of large birds(Birds I say)! Dove or quail taste the same to me(rice makes a difference)!

Bob
 
Mourning Doves

Hey Peak, where are you at? It must be Southern Ontario and warm as hell if you still have some mourning doves around! Mourning doves are migratory and I would assume they are long gone from all of Canada, but maybe you are a lot warmer than me right now. Are you sure they aren't Rock Doves? If they are (of course, be sure about ID) then blaze away; Rock Doves are an introduced species and are not protected anywhere as far as I know, and they do not taste too bad either:)

Cheers
 
Flushed a pair of Mourning Doves this. a.m. (Nov. 26) off the driveway with the truck (they like to pick up grit there). Typically hang around till freeze-up,
which hasn't happened yet ( hour and a half north of Toronto) . Still open water most everywhere.

Quail & dove don't taste the same to me. Both very good, but
not the same !
 
Defintely Mourning Doves (no cooing - only mourning) that you usually hear long before you spot.

I'm in NB, and it is definitely warmer than usual. But Mourning Doves have been increasing in number here in the last 30 years and have been even getting more numerous in the annual Christmas bird count that is held on or around Janurary 1rst(usually subzero temps) each year.

To be honest, I was suprised to learn they were classified under the migratory category, because other than migrating from the cedar hedge to to the feeder, I'm not too sure where else they go to.:confused:

I guess global warming or climate shifting may hold some answers to their habits.:)
 
Some areas in BC have a season from Sept 01-30, 5 per day. You also need to have the Canadian Migratory Game Bird licence.

RC
 
Easterners!

Open Water! Sh*t, it's been -20 since Saturday here. I am originally from BC where you can hunt those little suckers, but only ever saw a few up in the Fraser Canyon, moved to SW Alberta and they are everywhere in early Sept. but there is no season?? I guess we have to write the Canadian Wildlife Service and our provincial F&W and push them to open a season.

Open water, geeze....
 
My son ( Leduc, AB ) was whining about the -26 out there last night too, but
Pudelpointer will be lauding it over most of us ...whenever there's a Chinook
coming through over the next few months !
 
They are legal to shoot, if they were protected under the Migratory Bird Act then Americans wouldn't be able to shoot them either :rolleyes: I called Manitoba Conservation about this awhile ago and doves are classified as migratory non-game birds they said that it's legal to shoot them in Manitoba. Here are the facts:

Article VII

Permits to kill any of the above-named birds which, under extraordinary conditions, may become seriously injurious to the agricultural or other interests in any particular community, may be issued by the proper authorities of the High Contracting Powers under suitable regulations prescribed therefor by them respectively, but such permits shall lapse or may be cancelled, at any time when, in the opinion of said authorities, the particular exigency has passed, and no birds killed under this article shall be shipped, sold, or offered for sale.

1. Migratory Game Birds:

Anatidae, or waterfowl (ducks, geese and swans); Gruidae, or cranes (greater and lesser sandhill and whooping cranes); Rallidae, or rails (coots, gallinules and rails); Charadriidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, and Scolopacidae, or shorebirds (including plovers and lapwings, oystercatchers, stilts and avocets, and sandpipers and allies); and Columbidae (doves and wild pigeons).

Some people have no clue what they're talking about :rolleyes:
 
Black bear, thats for Manitoba, and you can only shoot them under 'extrodanary conditions'. There is still no season on them.
 
black_bear said:
They are legal to shoot, if they were protected under the Migratory Bird Act then Americans wouldn't be able to shoot them either :rolleyes: I called Manitoba Conservation about this awhile ago and doves are classified as migratory non-game birds they said that it's legal to shoot them in Manitoba. Here are the facts:

Article VII

Permits to kill any of the above-named birds which, under extraordinary conditions, may become seriously injurious to the agricultural or other interests in any particular community, may be issued by the proper authorities of the High Contracting Powers under suitable regulations prescribed therefor by them respectively, but such permits shall lapse or may be cancelled, at any time when, in the opinion of said authorities, the particular exigency has passed, and no birds killed under this article shall be shipped, sold, or offered for sale.

1. Migratory Game Birds:

Anatidae, or waterfowl (ducks, geese and swans); Gruidae, or cranes (greater and lesser sandhill and whooping cranes); Rallidae, or rails (coots, gallinules and rails); Charadriidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, and Scolopacidae, or shorebirds (including plovers and lapwings, oystercatchers, stilts and avocets, and sandpipers and allies); and Columbidae (doves and wild pigeons).

Some people have no clue what they're talking about :rolleyes:
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Xeon Read the entire Migratory bird act. I dont have it here right now but they do have a season, close to duck season. Unless your prov. regs forbid it you can hunt them
 
if they were protected under the Migratory Bird Act then Americans wouldn't be able to shoot them either
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You're not making any sense black bear. Doves are protected just the same as ducks and geese. Do you know what the Migratory Bird Conventions Act is?

In a nutshell, it is a set of Federal laws that uphold Canada's end of an agreement with the USA that protects birds which migrate bewteeen the two countries. Mourning Doves fall under this protection. The part you are refering to (Article VII of the 1916 Convention) is an exception that can be granted for birds which are causing damage or pose a danger - you would need a permit for this

Here are the links for you to check it out yourself.

Migratory Bird Conventions Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/M-7.01/index.html?no_cookie
Migratory Birds Regulations
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/M-7.01/C.R.C.-c.1035/246973.html?no_cookie#rid-247021
Migratoty Birds Hunting Seasons by Province/Territory
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/reg/index_e.cfm

Unless your prov. regs forbid it you can hunt them
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Not so! They are given Federal protection unless a hunting or other permit is specifically granted. Thats why, up until a few years ago, you had to buy your 'duck stamp' at the Post Office.

From the
Migratory Birds Regulations
C.R.C., c. 1035
MIGRATORY BIRDS CONVENTION ACT, 1994
REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS

GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

5. (1) No person shall hunt a migratory bird except under authority of a permit therefor.
 
Well said WINTERS. I once contributed to a discussion on CGN regarding the legality of hunting red squirrels. I gave up after I was told I was too dumb to read the regulations that had been posted, though it was obvious that red squirrels were not considered vermin. Oh well....

And yes, I will be posting dancing bananas when the next chinook rolls through:)

Ian
 
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