I accidentally nailed one just as the sun was going down (still legal time). Came in jinking just like a dove. I was sitting on the tailgate with my wife and another hunting buddy. We watched it coming long enough for him to say: "Think you can take that high dove?"
I stepped off the tailgate, dropped a shell into the chamber and swung through. The bird fell about 20 yards behind. The wife went off with the dog to get it while I was high-fiving my friend on a great shot.
She came back with the bird. Ooops, kildeer, not dover. Turned myself into F&G. They said: we appreciate your honesty, don't do it again.
It can happen.
How'd it taste? Just like venison.