[ek_hornbeck]

I wouldn't want to eat a "rock dove" from any urban area, since it has been eating trash all of its life. I suppose if you got those that lived on farms and ate grains from feed lots they would be OK. Plus eating pigeons is a bit of a turnoff since they seem less like a wild bird and more like the feathered equivalent of a city rat.

On the other hand, mourning doves are certainly good eating (for what little meat you can get from one), but they spend their lives feeding on seeds of wild or crop plants rather than on garbage.

[tumblindice]

If you can hit a startled mourning dove, you’re a competent shotgunner

Bubba an’ me shot a dozen mallards roostin’ in the trees.
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