want to go hog hunting in nc

[pastor steve]

I have been an avid unter all my life. I have been researching to the best of my ability to do some feral hog hunting some where in eastern NC. I live near Drham. I so want to do some hog hutning on my own but cant seem to find a area I can go. Can any of you give me some ideas?

[Mack in N.C.]

hello...i live in cary....there are 3 seperate populations of russian/feral
hogs in western nc......as for central to eastern nc there are at least 3 decent and several others pop of feral hogs.......closest near you is in caswell co near the town of casville.....this is mostly all on private land though i have heard of 1 being taken of of the game lands......second is in johnston co on the neuse river  ....they are all over the river from I-95 to almost goldsboro...all this is private land "leased"except 1 piece.....aprox 2000 acres is owned by johnston comm college.....they own "howell woods"......this land was donated to the school by the howell family...it is loaded with hogs and the school wants them gone.......they have  lottery hunts you have to apply for......3rd pop is in northhampton co and into virginia near emporia va...all this is private land.............there are a few other scattered populations like on a few of the barrier islands and a couple of other places..........i wouldnt be supprised to see eastern nc feral pop explode because of hurricane floyd a few years back.....a lot of hog farms were ruined with most getting drowned but i suspect a few survied............eastern nc hog pop is nothing compared to sc or ga.......thanks mack

[Oldtimer]

I have heard scattered reports about hogs in the middle and eastern parts of the state.  This puts it together nicely.  There was also a recent post about hogs on public lands along the coastal counties.  Thanks for the good work.