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BIRD HUNTERS

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BIRD HUNTERS

This is a story of 4 young boys who helped a dying village from starvation with their special skills of bird hunting. They would disappear into the deep forest for 5 days to hunt. And when they returned, every single soul knew a feast was about to happen.

MODELS: Abbra, David, John & Dennis
STLYLIST/PROPS: MARY ACHOLA
PRODUCTION COMPANY: CHROMEZ STUDIO
CONCEPT/PHOTOGRAPHER: ALLOYS ITEBA
PROFILE
Nickname: MACHO SOO
Age: 12 YRS
Birds Killed: OVER 5000
Accuracy: 99.9%

He was the badass of them all. He wore special eye wear made by his grandmother that could help him see 2km away. With his slingshot, he never missed any target. It is said that he could kill an average of 4 birds per second.
PROFILE
Nickname: DAVID WA BIBLE
Age: 10 YRS
Birds Killed: OVER 4000
Accuracy: 99.7%

With his shepherd’s sling, he was so lethal with birds. He used so much force that when he hit the birds, only feathers would remain. He was also so good at distinguishing sounds of different bird species. He could hunt and kill his target by just following their sounds. They say he had a big third ear for that, which was concealed by the hat he wore.
PROFILE
Nickname: SAUTI YA DEM DEM
Age: 9 YRS
Heads kept: OVER 3000
Accuracy of picking stones: 99.1%

He had special skills of sniffing and picking the right stones for the job. Every single stone selected by him, never missed to hit the target. His specialist was one of a kind. He always carried a knife which helped him to chop all heads of the birds that were killed and preserve them. Well he had another skill of luring birds to him by mimicking their sounds. He could sniff at any bird ‘heads’ he kept, and imitate the exact sound of that particular bird.
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Nickname: MTU MANJAA
Age: 11 YRS
Birds Cooked: OVER 6000
Accuracy of the traps: 99.8%

The chief chef of the group. He was so good at cooking the birds with his magical tinny hands. Back in the village he was the only one allowed to give instructions of how to cook birds. Also his head gear could be used like a trap. He had 99.8 returns on his traps.

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