Here's a 180 degree opinion from above. wink I prefer all of my wild birds cooked rare to medium rare. A comparison of dove with liver indicates to me a diet of cooked well-done game. To my palate, snipe is the mildest and best flavored of the red meat wild birds, up there with wood duck, teal and grain fed mallards and pintails. Dove are just below, but not by much. Woodcock are next. Some find the flavor of woodcock a little strong, but I don't.