Hogs in Eastern NC

[D Boone]

Looking for a hog population in Eastern NC.  What counties to look in?  Would like to talk to a private land owner about permission to hunt their land for hogs.  Any advice?  Any hog populations on public land?

[Mack in N.C.]

only hogs i know for sure on public land are in the piedmont......howell woods has draw hunts in johnston co...............seems like every day i hear another place where hogs are...a few places have always had them  .....attribute all the new hogs to hunters releasing them and most of it to hurricane floyd...................columbus and brunswick co have some along the waccamaw river and other areas,  bladen and sampson, duplin,  jones, bertie martin, hertford, but i dont know any on public land in the east...i am sure they are there i just havent seen them.......caswell co is covered with hogs and there are now reports of some along the cape fear river in harnett co and chatham co...........one guy told me that any day they will make it onto harris gamelands.........howell woods is your best bet....johnston community college owns it.....oh also heard just yesterday of some in nash co..............mack

[D Boone]

PM sent.  I am not looking for public lands (none around), but would like to find some farmers that don't mind giving permission in the off season after Jan. 1 for a couple guys to shoot pigs.

[mcwoodduck]

Where are you.
I will be in Pamlico County later this week.

[D Boone]

Wilson County, Grandparents used to have a place right outside of Chocowinity.  Been a long time since I've been down that way.

[mcwoodduck]

Heading there to hunt the Family farm with Uncle, Cousin, Dad, and Dad's other kid Woodrow, His 4 year old Yellow Lab.
We do not have hogs on the farm.  Do have a cousin that had a pig farm and there were a few excaped hogs running around out near Kinston but they were usually dispatched quickly.