Raptor, I thought about the Passenger Pigeon when I wrote that but my guess is that there are many times more bird hunters then squirrel hunters. Back when those birds were flying a group of hunters could go out and shoot hundreds, possibly thousands in a day, I can’t imagine that ever happening while squirrel hunting, they just don’t seem to generate enough hunting interest to ever impact the population numbers. Look at the ground squirrels in the western US, their populations seem to be impacted more by disease then heavy hunting pressure. I saw a statistic several weeks ago that said something around 806,000 squirrels were killed annually in the US, that’s nothing and my guess is it probably would probably not increase significantly if all states removed their season on them. This is just my guess and why I said that in my original post; however, your guess and opinion is as good as mine.