Calvin, I live in rural MO. Went out today squirrel hunting - saw nothing. Been the norm lately.
I go to mother-in law’s house in Cook County IL, squirrels everywhere.
Obviously no hunting and predators there but I wonder if predators here in our area have been taking care of the squirrel population.
I will say this though. If moles were tasty and edible, I’d have food for years. Damn things are breeding like rats here.
Coyote and fox decimate our squirrel population sometimes.
If moles are a problem in your yard, I’ve heard that bits of Ex-Lax down the holes Pavlov’s them into finding other tunnels that don’t cause “distress”.