In todays market, if you can average $3.00, grap it and run, you will see tops in the $4-5 range, but they will be select heavy rats, not the average grade swamp rat, skin a rat, dry it, if it feels papery, $2.00, if the leather is thick and heavy like a corn fed ditch rat, $4.00. Steve

First off, Mr.B, we know that you work for Groney. The 7 posts that you've made on Trapperman are always the same. I told everyone a month ago, that Groney would come through and pick out a few rats at $5. That doesn't surprise me at all. I paid as high as $6 last season, and will probably do the same this year. Most fellas are well aware of Groney' method of buying. He'll pay high on a few skins here and there, and end up with a lower ave. than any other buyer. Was talking to a dealer out of Indiana just the other day, and he told me that those exact words came out of Groneys mouth a short while ago. Told him that he could set up down the road, throw out a few fancy prices, and end up buying the rats cheaper than anyone else could.