I can offer a little advice - hogs are one of my favorite animals to hunt. I have lived and hunted in both Carolinas, and hunt Georgia too. Hunted hogs in Texas too. Don't know anything about hog hunting in TN except you can go to fenced places. Assuming you want to hunt hunt wild hogs, and that your time and experience is limited, forget NC. In SC you can hunt hogs year round on private land but must pay - you can hunt them during the deer seasons on public land. I killed one and missed several in the Francis Marion NF a few years ago, right on the coast. I like GA for hogs - they are considered small game so that NR license is cheap, but you need a WMA stamp - check the regs but I think the small game season ends in mid to late feb. Some military bases there let you hunt them year round, and it is cheaper because no WMA stamp is needed. Check the Georgia site - lots of references to hog hunting, including specific public areas to hunt. For Texas, you must pay but there are some good options. Most TX hog hunting is over corn but some areas offer spot and stalk. I think Curtis's place and Mike Palmer's would be good. I paid $250/day which included meals and a cabin, and there were javalina too. License was only $55.