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[Hurgal]

It seems as though my bones and shells are vanishing into thin air.  In order to preserve my more valuable bones, such as Titan Bones, I forbid them as soon as the corpse has rotted away.  I don't forbid shells, but I have been making it a point to not use them ever since I found out that any given map's turtle supply is limited.

Despite these measures, I never seem to have more than a couple shells on hand, and my Titan Bones are always missing when one of my dwarves goes into a strange mood and I go to forbid all non-Titan bones.  I recently began setting my refuse stockpiles outside in order to eliminate the miasma problem.  Is this somehow the problem? Do bones/shells rot away?

[The Doctor]

I'm not sure of the exact science of it, but I think every season there's a chance for bones and stuff outside to disappear. Try making a stockpile inside JUST for bones and shells.

[Martin]

Yep. All outdoor refuse disappears eventually. Make a room inside with double deep doors, or create an indoor refuse pile that only accepts bones/shells and takes from the outdoor one. Once the corpse rots away, the bones will be queued up for hauling inside.

[Ametsala]

What I'd do:

1) Make a garbage dump inside close to the workshop
2) Mark the bones/shells for dumpind
3) When needed for use, unforbid

This way the items wont be accidentally used while being transfered from outside refuse pile to inside.

[Hurgal]

Thanks for the responses.  I had already setup an indoor stockpile for just bones/shells/skulls as a precaution, but was curious if I was missing something.  I was beginning to think passing dogs were gnawing on the bones or something.