# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/21 "2012-06-03T11:35:21Z")
Why are antlers called “shed”? Why not “antlers”? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/22 "2012-06-03T13:51:58Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > A moose once bit my Python. That would involve two sheds. ---
**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 3, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/23 "2012-06-03T16:21:40Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Why are antlers called “shed”? Why not “antlers”? Local slang. And often, for moose and caribou, it’s called moose or caribou horn rather than antler. Same thing, as it’s all from the deer family. ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/24 "2012-06-03T19:42:56Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Why are antlers called “shed”? Why not “antlers”? I think it’s used to differentiate between animals you shot and sheds you picked up off the ground. I know shed collectors who are non-hunters that just like to have a purpose when hiking. I also know shed collectors who are hunters who like something to do out of season. Neither group would want to misrepresent their sheds as animals they killed. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/25 "2012-06-03T20:14:33Z")
Vinegar? It works for many household odors. 1 cup of hot distilled vinegar might do it. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/26 "2012-06-12T17:18:39Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Vinegar? It works for many household odors. 1 cup of hot distilled vinegar might do it. Aaahhh … You DO realize that antler is mainly calcium carbonate, right? Dissolves in acid … :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/27 "2012-06-12T17:42:06Z")
“Hey Rocky – Watch me pull an antler out of my shed!” “That trick never works!” “This time _for sure!_ Presto!” “No doubt about it. I gotta get a new head.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/28 "2012-06-12T18:22:42Z")
Washoe: > [@](#): > > Of course they do. And if you count the rings, you can tell how old the moose is. And if you count the animals attached to them, you can tell how big-hearted the moose is. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/29 "2012-06-12T20:57:00Z")
Get some zeolite at a natural foods or pet store. Put in plastic bag with shed overnight. Zeolite is a natural mineral that will take the smell of anything out of anything. We once used it to deodorize a house that had a dead body in it for four hot July days. Mouse shed should be easy. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/30 "2012-06-12T21:02:00Z")
Perhaps you could soak it in Moose-shed beer. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892/31 "2012-06-12T22:25:27Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mouse shed should be easy. That’s because they are so tiny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deodorizing-a-moose-shed/623892.md?page=1)