Mountain lions likely trimmed island sheep herd to lowest number in decades
Bighorn sheep rest on a hillside on Wild Horse Island State Park. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake FILE)
Three now-dead cougars that found their way onto Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island handily hunted down its bighorn sheep herd to as few as 35 of the prized Rocky Mountain ungulates.
Although an initial sum, it’s the lowest sheep count on the isle in at least 20 years, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks...
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