Do you have to buy a license and do you have government /public land?We have to pay like 60.00$ a year to hunt which includes-Big game-small game-primitive weapons/archery and wma/public land access hunting and fishing.
Do you get to ride 4wheeler atv bikes?We can in certain areas.Also on private property we have no season on wild hogs.My season runs from september/archery to january 1.Archery only is about a month then rifle season till january 1.
We can use any 22 center fire for big game as the smallest caliber, but the smallest I have ever seen anyone with was a 243.Everyone shoots from 300magnums down.You never see any 338 or bigger,45-70 is popular too as is the 444.
In my area which is mountains and close to tennessee and north carolina we share the same bear populations,because bears roam and have something like a 30 mile travel home area.We have some bigones to.My states record is over 500# and I think the north carolina record is around 800#.Thats a big strong bear!

In the southern part of my state there are some big boars.The boar Godzilla that made it on the news this summer is the most famous,I have seen 2 that were easy 500#+ and I saw a sow a fellow hunter took that live weight was 475# before being field dressed.They are really everywhere in the swamps.Average good boar will go 200# or more easy.We have rattlesnakes/coral and several other poision snakes to keep us looking all the time were we step and the Black widow spider is common and deadly.
I wish we had your water buffalo.Those guys are bad to the bone!

Oh yea,you guys ever hear/see of a band called AC/DC.
We jam on there tunes when we go mud bogging in the swamps.....Cool Band!! :grin Swamp Music