RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Mourning Dove Poppers

Certainly you've heard of Tex-Mex cuisine, but this might be the first Germ-Mex dinner you've ever encountered.

Montana's mourning dove season opens each year on September 1 to a collective shrug. For some reason, the nation's most popular game bird doesn't hold much appeal here.

While Texas tops the nation with a yearly harvest of 5 million doves, Montana hunters take only 10,000 to 20,000 annually, or about 10 to 15 birds each.

But don't mourn the dove population. Even with an annual nationwide harvest of 15 million to 20 million-the most of any game bird (pheasants are second at around 3 mi...