What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
What does everyone think? 3/4” (which is hard to find) or could you get away with 1”?
I’ve got quite a large run to do and often I get home after dark so it has to be critter proof (including weasels).
What do you all think?
I’ve got quite a large run to do and often I get home after dark so it has to be critter proof (including weasels).
What do you all think?
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- TomK
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
Nick...i get 1/2 " at my local feed store...i like it the best for keeping out just about everything...the 1" stuff, altho durable, is a doorway for a weasel..avoid that size..
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
Same size as on this trap. Don’t have measurement can get tomorrow. Trap in use .
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
I use 1/2" too.
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
I'm pretty sure I read this on this site..."if a hot dog fits through it then so will a weasel"
That visual has always stuck with me.
That visual has always stuck with me.
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
I use 1/2 " and try to ensure there isn't a very large gap anywhere. Good luck.
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And remember to put a barrier below ground level all the way around the outside enclosure.
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Half inch it is! Thanks folks. I was able to get some galvanized strips of steel 2’ wide 8 feet long. I’m going to use them along the bottom buried halfway in the ground.
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The hot dog size weasels would be the young ones right? :)
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Re: What size hardware cloth is considered weasel proof?
No the adult . The weasel in my pic an adult female has a skull of grisel which manipulates thru holes .
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