mysticguido,
The hogs are still protected in the three main counties that they inhabit. The "Wild Hog Task Force" is trying to trap them all. They don't want people hunting them because hunters were causing them to disperse more rapidly.
I went after the hogs last year in Bedford County. I didn't have any luck, but I don't think they will ever get them all. They are in some pretty rugged country.
I've been researching these suckers since I heard about them. They are there, just in isolated pockets from what I've gathered.