Christopher Bancroft

Whaling is a generational profession, steeped in lore and heritage. Burly hunters take to the sea in hopes of impaling the largest mammals on earth. Not without controversy, the tradition of whaling still occurs in far-off places. Visceral images and videos occasionally leak, stoking the flames of...

Deep within Nepal, nestled against the Tibetan border, five Nepali men stood over a hobbled yak in a stone corral. I watched from my second-story room in the overlooking guest house. The beast struggled on its side, its horns cutting the dirt as its head violently swung back and forth. After about...

Processing wild game as a profession is gritty, dirty work. In a matter of months, hundreds of animals go from the field to the butcher's cooler, leaving hunters wary of the outcome and processors burned out from the grind. Here are a few tips to maximize the amount of meat you pick up from your...

A bucket of stripped salmon carcasses, leaning against the stern of the boat, obstructed my daily deck-scrubbing duties. As my skipper counted the post-trip tip money, he gave the bucket a casual nod and said, "Feel free to take those collars home for dinner if you want." "Uh... what's a collar?" I...