Squirrels will frequently enter your garden and destroy your pumpkins if you give them the chance. You will need to take precautions to protect your pumpkins if you don’t want them being gobbled up by squirrels.
Squirrels always look for fibrous materials to chew (because of their teeth). If you find trees with a scratch on their bark (or a region of the bark is stripped), you should check for squirrels.
Squirrels are not difficult to recognize when they are around. From their footprints on wet floors to the sounds they make, you should be able to tell if squirrels are in your garden or not.