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.