Anybody got a recipe for Eurasian collared doves?

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2. I have shot and eaten EA doves. They taste the same

as the 2 native species, imo. I have taken a couple of rock dove (pigeons) as well, and they are roughly the same in flavor. I incorporate all into regular dove recipes and have been happy with the results. Further, I don't buy into the pigeons-are-tough argument. All these birds are firm in texture, and marination can ameliorate that, but I usually don't bother.

The EA dove seem not to have adapted (as yet) to best survival practices in bird-hunting Texas. One flew straight from a mesquite tree to a hack, big as a pigeon with me bumbling around in the clear, and landed out in the open on the end of a lower branch. Another flushed with mourning dove, but instead of putting cover between itself and me, circled back and (again) landed in the open on a lower limb. They can be harder to bring down with light field loads.

Ah! today I head up to Coryell County to try my luck again. Got a limit of mourning dove there on opening day!