Bob Dodge writes (January 2014): "For the past couple of years there has been a deer carcass roadside of Road D, 100 yards or so downstream from the bridge crossing San Francisquito Creek. I have asked many of you if you had noticed the structure of the antlers; that they were more sponge-like than other antlers we might find across the Preserve. I think we may finally have an answer. Lysbeth Anderson wrote me:

"'I showed your photo to my wild life expert friend and he commented that the deer probably died in the summer while the velvet was still on the rack. If the antlers were not completely formed, they would present in this way after the velvet had decayed.'

"This explanation fit with my possible solution and I would like to thank Lysbeth for her help in solving this mystery.

Bob Dodge"