Anyone getting ready for dove season?

[Eleanors38]

7. Most definitely! I will be a hundred miles NW of Austin...

in a field blooming with sunflowers, and fed by a spring out of the mesa. The fellow who owns the little ranch reports both species of native doves -- mourning & whitewing -- are thick in numbers. We usually have 4 - 5 in the field. Should be a great time.

I make my doves just the way pictured, and also by cast iron skillet browning (after dredging in flower), then adding milk, cutting back the heat & covering. I cook them down to a thick gravy/crust, and serve over grits. Hot tea rounds out a wonderful deep-south breakfast!