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I know this sounds like a strange subject and the bassers don't do this but, some of us "eyes" guys and gals do. I was crawler hunting tonight. After all this rain I figured they would be in the garden inspite of the cool weather and they were. But I only caught 31 of them, all about a foot long
, but I missed way too many.
I was wondering how others that do this do it. I know my flashlight spooked most of them. I was using a small two cell AAA light with 2 layers of blue "overhead / flimsie" plastic covering the lens. Does anyone have a better light set up that works well for them?
I burried a five gallon bucket in the ground and filled it with ground up leaves. The bucket has slits in it to allow it to drain and lined with a fine mesh fabric so that water will drain but the crawlwers can't escape. They get even bigger in that bucket than the day I catch them.
I was looking to see if anyone has a better method of catching and keeping crawlwers and would appreciate any new ideas. You can't buy crawlers like these and I would like to improve my success rate. Any thoughts would be appreciated but please keep them clean.
Jim

I was wondering how others that do this do it. I know my flashlight spooked most of them. I was using a small two cell AAA light with 2 layers of blue "overhead / flimsie" plastic covering the lens. Does anyone have a better light set up that works well for them?
I burried a five gallon bucket in the ground and filled it with ground up leaves. The bucket has slits in it to allow it to drain and lined with a fine mesh fabric so that water will drain but the crawlwers can't escape. They get even bigger in that bucket than the day I catch them.
I was looking to see if anyone has a better method of catching and keeping crawlwers and would appreciate any new ideas. You can't buy crawlers like these and I would like to improve my success rate. Any thoughts would be appreciated but please keep them clean.

Jim