I hear Lake Shasta has several hogs on public land. But you need to be able to hike way back in there, away from people and roads to get to them. I'm a big bowhunter as well and I'm just north of Sac. I too am looking for a good place to find a hog or two. The problem with California is everyone wants money for you to access their land and kill the hogs that are destroying their property. I don't mind paying a little, but $500 - $600 to go shoot a pig that is tearing up the vineyards and orchards? That's a little steep. From what I'm told, you can find hogs on public land but you have to do a lot of walking and glassing to find them.