There are a number of plantations that are located in the South Carolina low country, that hunt hogs pretty much year-round. They are about three hours from Durham. The hunting in North Carolina is mostly in the mountains bordering Tennessee. The population there is close to pure Russian. While the mountains are not high, they are steep. I have hunted in the Nantahala National Forest and been in coves where the sunset was around 3 in the afternoon. Durham to Asheville is about 230 miles, and some of the better hunting is a couple of hours past Asheville.