Doves are tastey. There are lots of ways to cook them.
I was careful to say "simply for the fun of it". I am not a vegetarian.
Not being a hunter, I need instructions on how to "field strip" them; we have zillions of them here in the desert, and whenever I hear a thump in our back glass, I'm likely to find another that's flown into the window and snapped it's little neck.