Matt Mead, the governor of
Wyoming, recalls being taken out by
his grandfather on the family ranch
to shoot his first duck for
Thanksgiving at age 9, when he was
so small that his grandfather had
to brace him from behind to help
absorb the kick from the shotgun
Game is found on many Thanksgiving
tables in the state, but other
traditions predate the hunt The
trinity of corn, beans and squash
was central to the agriculture of
the Plains Indians in what would
later become Wyoming, and some
cooks honor that history each
Thanksgiving with a dish called
Three Sisters stew
