I just spent the week working outside of Yakutat and I found a pretty nice moose shed. It must have been a pretty recent shed because it still has good color. The shed is about 3.5’ x 1.5’.
The one problem with the shed is that it stinks. I assume they must rub some sort of gland secretions on them during the rut because that is the kind of smell it’s giving off.
Anybody have a sure fire method for deodorizing and caring for moose sheds?
That seems like an awfully small shed for a moose. How in the world did it fit?
“Deodorizing a Moose Shed?”
Things I never thought I’d live to see. Oh, wait, that’s a different thread.
I’m wondering if the moose shed isn’t to house the moose, but instead the hunter, during hunting season.
I believe the OP is talking about moose antlers that have been ‘shed’.
You know, they fall off each year.
He means he found some moose antlers, and they smell.
Yes sorry, Shed is a pretty common term where I’m from. Shed hunting and shed collecting are popular hobbies.
Stinky moose antlers would be more accurate.
Bleach?
If a moose calls, don’t antler.
Mount those bad boys on the roof of your single-wide, and you should get pretty good HD reception.
A moose once bit my Python.
Could you please explain this joke I’m not sure I get it?
It’s sort of a poor man’s rip-off on the “you might be a redneck if…” type of humor.
I got it, Thanks
They do? :eek:
Of course they do. And if you count the rings, you can tell how old the moose is.
Or how much bling they like.
prior to realizing the correct meaning of “shed”…
Step one: Remove moose.
AIUI household bleach is the worst choice for bleaching/cleaning antler and bone. If it isn’t neutralized properly it causes the antler/bone to break down and the surface become chalky. Hydrogen peroxide is the preferred household chemical for bleaching/cleaning antler and bone.
Before I’d get the HP out, I give my antler/bone a couple of good scrubbings with a stiff brush and, preferably liquid anti-bacterial, soap. Just settin’ them out in the sun for a few days might help a lot too, but you risk discovering why you don’t find the forest floor littered with sheds . . . rodents love to eat them!
(In exchange for several large piles of BO sunflower seeds my backyard squirrels gave me the bone from a ham steak with a beautifully hand, well tooth really, fluted outside surface. 
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CMC fnord!
Thanks Crow,
I’ve used hydrogen peroxide on skulls, the problem I’m having is that I don’t want to bleach the antler at all. I would like the keep the deep brown color because it’s such a fresh shed. I’ll try the soap and water a few times hopefully it will work.
I know all about the rodent problem, I think this one was chewed on through the winter by a porcupine. It just chewed the tips off the palm and the shed really does look good.