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David Landstrom, Region 1 Parks Manager at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, holds a ram’s skull found at Wild Horse Island State Park. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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The bighorn sheep’s horns curled out of its skull, completing one full spiral on each side before tapering to rounded, outward-pointing ends. In life, they likely served their owner well as he butted heads and vied for mates on Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island.