How and where to hunt hogs close to me in VA?

[Dan71]

I live in the Roanoke VA area. I've always wanted to try hunting hogs. Im guessing it may be better for me to go through an outfitter, but I dont know where to start... or should I look into an out of state lic and go into state hunting land?

Im heading back to Afghanistan and would like to get a hog before I head back. I have some time before I deploy so any advise would be great!

Thanks!

[TNHagies]

Good ol' Roanoke. I grew up about 45 mins from there. No hogs to hunt anywhere close by there. It's a good drive but there's a lot of places to hunt hog here in TN in the Cookville area. Google "TN Boar hunting" and you'll find several outfitters. NC has some but I don't know how easy they are to get to.

[thatguybme]

I live in Bedford (30 miles east of Roanoke) and was thinking about the same thing last week.. I keep seeing the pics of ppl with their hogs and got jealous .. I also just bought a 450 Bushmaster upper for my AR, and that would make a great hog gun..

I did a google search and there was some place in the far South East VA that offered hog hunting (but cant find it now).. BUT you really needed to go to NC, SC, TN, WV, or PA it seems..

The VA DGIF hunting regs offers an lottery to hunt hogs on one state property.. here is a link to the lottery

http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/hunting.shtml

Brian

[janith678]

Wild hogs, according to the California Department of Fish and Game, are now found in 56 of the state's 58 counties. It is estimated that upwards of 40,000 hunters pursue wild pigs annually, and during the 1990s the average annual take was about 30,000 pigs, a figure extraordinarily close to the average number of deer bagged in the Golden State each season.

As for the pigs we hunt, most are feral domestic hogs that actually started showing up in the state with the first settlers and explorers in the 1700s. At that time pigs were allowed to roam freely in search of food; many strayed and became feral in the process. More domestic hogs went wild over the years, and in the 1920s wild boars from Europe were released in Monterey County. Everything afterward is a biological blur, with the bloodlines of feral and European pigs mixing several times. Today a number of strains of feral pigs still resemble domestic-strain lineage while others display European characteristics.
All wild pigs, and especially bigger boars, can be fierce at times. Just about to a hunter, everyone seemingly has a story to tell about being scared by a wild hog, and some hunters have been badly injured by wounded, cornered or just plain ornery hogs.
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[canecreek]

Dan71....I live 15 miles west of Winston-Salem, NC near Mocksville. I'm leaving this Sunday (Feb 7) for a 3 day hog hunt in S.C. We go to Bostick Plantation which is on the Savannah river in South Carolina. We've been going down there for the last 5 years and have had a lot of success. Last year, 7 of us killed 10 hogs. But we have had 1 year where no hogs were killed. Their price is $595 for the 3 days with an additional $75 for out of state license and a $45 cleaning fee. The cleaning fee includes skinning, quartering, and ice for the ride home. They put you up in an old farm house and you have to provide your own food. They put you in a stand that's been baited with corn and pick you up at lunch. Then take you out for an afternoon hunt and pick you back up after dark. If your interested, you can do a google search on Bostick Plantation in S.C. In closing, I would like to thank you for what you are doing for me, my children, my grandchrildern, and our Country....God Bless you!

bob