“It’s insanely dangerous,” says Trevor Frost, a photographer and National Geographic grantee. “It’s hard to focus on taking pictures and at the same time make sure that your hands and arms aren’t going to get bitten off.”

Frost has spent the last three years documenting saltwater crocodile hunting in northern Australia, where the gigantic animals have made a comeback from near-extinction in 1971 to as many as 100,000 today in the Northern Territory alone.

Crocodiles numbers have bounced back so much that some people started worrying about their safety, and called for widespread culls of the animals.

To ease concern, the Northern Territory decided to allow a limited number to be hunted each year. The hunt gives people a way to make