I've alsowondered about whether it was from last season, or two seasons ago. During this hot summer weather I've seen entiredeer be reduced to nothing but a pile of bones in mere weeks. So the fact that the skull is clean isn't a good indicator. Another skull I found this spring still had hide on it when I found it, but now,that pile of boneslooks similar to the pile this skull was found in.

I do tend to agree that it is probably from two years ago for two reasons. The first is that the bone seems rather porous, brittle, and light....as though it has been weathered for a while.AlsowhenI found it,there were leaves ontop of the bones. Like leaves from last fall fell ontop of the bone pile. I don't know for sure, but that is my guess. I doubt I will ever know.