Everyone does the bacon thing either pan fry, oven or bbq. After over 40 years these get pretty old.

Here are my favorites:

Dove Gumbo (30 minutes- serves 6-9)
12 or so Dove breasts
1 lb smoked sausage (like Hillshire Farms)
1 box Zatarains Gumbo Mix w/ rice

Pan fry sausage with dove in butter and then follow dirrections on Gumbo box.

Hawaiian Garlic Dove (15 minutes- serves 2-3) Like Hawaiian shrimp but with dove
6 dove breasts
1/4 cup flour
2 tbs Paprika
1/2 tsp Cayenne
1/2 cup clarified butter plus 2 tbs
1 heads of garlic (10 cloves) chopped
1/4 cup wine or beer

Put all dry ingredients in a zip lock bag and shake to mix.
Heat fry pan with clarified butter. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
While garlic is cooking put dove in dry ingredient bag and shake to coat.
Carefully put dove in garlic/butter and fry for 3-4 minutes per side.
DO NOT let garlic burn.
When the dove are done put in the wine or beer and the last 2 tbs of butter.

Serve warm on rice or don't... but the garlic sauce on rice is outstanding