Feral Hog Information
Wild pigs have been present in coastal South Carolina since they were released by the Spanish in the 1500s. Their historic range was geographically limited to floodplains of major river systems. In the mountains of the state, Eurasian wild hogs were introduced in the early 1900s. In the 1980s wild pigs were found in only 26 counties, with the distribution generally resembling their historic range. By 2008 wild pigs were documented in all 46 counties with small scattered populations in the piedmont related to recent translocations by humans. The harvest of wild pigs in 2009 was estimated at 36,888 and the estimated population in 2010 is 150,000. Wild hogs are not protected in South Carolina and there is no closed season or bag limit on private land. News Release - General Assembly passes new law on transporting, hunting feral pigs
To learn more about managing wild pigs, please see — West, B. C., A. L. Cooper, and J. B. Armstrong. 2009. Managing wild pigs: A technical guide. Human-Wildlife Interactions Monograph 1:1–55 (Adobe PDF - file size 3MB)
Hog Permits
- Application for Permit to Remove Live Hogs from the Wild - Adobe PDF
- Application for Permit to Remove Live Hogs from the Wild - Microsoft Word
- Hog Hunting Enclosure Permit Application - Adobe PDF
- Hog Hunting Enclosure Permit Application - Microsoft Word
SC Wild Hog Task Force Information
- South Carolina Wild Hog Task Force
- South Carolina's Growing Wild Hog Problem: Recommendations for Management and Control (Adobe PDF - file size 177KB)
Additional information on feral hogs
- Feral / Wild Pigs: Potential Problems for Farmers and Hunters by USDA (Adobe PDF - file size)
- Hog Hunting for WMAs and Heritage Preserves (Adobe PDF - file size 207KB)
- Wild Hog Hunting - Stay Healthy on Your Hunt! (Adobe PDF - file size)
- 2010 Feral/Wild Hog Distribution Map (Adobe PDF - file size 567KB)
- 2005 Feral/Wild Hog Distribution Map (Adobe PDF - file size 812KB)
Mississippi State University
- A Landowner's Guide for Wild Pig Management: Practical Methods for Wild Pig Control (Adobe PDF - file size 4.6 MB)
- Wild Pig Info
- Youtube - A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic
The information below was taken from the Feral Hog Management in the Southeast Workshop (Adobe PDF - file size) held on August 18, 2010.
- Disease and Safe Handling Techniques of Feral Swine by Sheldon Owen (Adobe PDF - file size 5MB)
- Feral Pig Management Techniques by Noel Myers (Adobe PDF - file size 5MB)
- Harvest Trends & Distribution of Feral Pigs in SC by Charles Ruth (Adobe PDF - file size 1MB)
- History and Ecology of Wild Pigs in the Southeast by Jack Mayer (Adobe PDF - file size 3MB)
- Negative Impacts of Feral Hogs by Greg Yarrow (Adobe PDF - file size 3MB)
- Regulations of Feral Hogs in South Carolina by Derrell Shipes (Adobe PDF - file size 526kB)
- Wild Pig Research Update by Bronson Strickland (Adobe PDF - file size 2MB)
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