# Deodorizing a Moose Shed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892 "2012-06-02T21:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/1 "2012-06-02T21:23:39Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/2 "2012-06-02T22:23:33Z")
That seems like an awfully small shed for a moose. How in the world did it fit? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/3 "2012-06-02T22:24:58Z")
“Deodorizing a Moose Shed?” Things I never thought I’d live to see. Oh, wait, that’s a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/4 "2012-06-02T22:56:58Z")
> [@picker](#): > > That seems like an awfully small shed for a moose. How in the world did it fit? I’m wondering if the moose shed isn’t to house the moose, but instead the hunter, during hunting season. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/5 "2012-06-02T23:06:47Z")
I believe the OP is talking about moose antlers that have been ‘shed’. You know, they fall off each year. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/6 "2012-06-02T23:07:50Z")
He means he found some moose antlers, and they smell. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/7 "2012-06-02T23:22:38Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I believe the OP is talking about moose antlers that have been ‘shed’. > > You know, they fall off each year. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/8 "2012-06-02T23:32:33Z")
Bleach? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/9 "2012-06-02T23:38:41Z")
If a moose calls, don’t antler. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/10 "2012-06-03T00:25:37Z")
Mount those bad boys on the roof of your single-wide, and you should get pretty good HD reception. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/11 "2012-06-03T00:27:50Z")
A moose once bit my Python. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/12 "2012-06-03T00:47:00Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Mount those bad boys on the roof of your single-wide, and you should get pretty good HD reception. Could you please explain this joke I’m not sure I get it? ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/13 "2012-06-03T00:51:11Z")
It’s sort of a poor man’s rip-off on the “you might be a redneck if…” type of humor. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/14 "2012-06-03T00:55:16Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/15 "2012-06-03T00:59:28Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > … they fall off each year. They do? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/16 "2012-06-03T01:17:18Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > They do? :eek: Of course they do. And if you count the rings, you can tell how old the moose is. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/17 "2012-06-03T03:23:42Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Of course they do. And if you count the rings, you can tell how old the moose is. Or how much bling they like. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/18 "2012-06-03T03:28:41Z")
_prior to realizing the correct meaning of “shed”…_ Step one: Remove moose. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/19 "2012-06-03T06:26:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Bleach? 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. 🆒) CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/20 "2012-06-03T07:20:24Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892.md?page=2)