Quote Originally Posted by dixieangler
When I want crickets without going to the store to buy them, here is what I do.

I get a large old piece of plywood and lay it in the back corner of the yard. In a day or two I flip it up and get crickets from underneath . Or I go to the nearest cow pasture and flip over old hard cow paddies (chips) and find crickets underneath. The first method is better :D. I've done this to get crickets ever since I was little. I guess any cool dark place would be good to gather crickets to put in a cricket cage.
fish several ponds in cowpastures and do same thing...i believe they like the smell...they will be crickets under the paddies long after it frost. and them pasture ponds grow some BIG 'gills!!!