BIRD HUNTERS SYNOPSES of different lengths:

52 words
A professor, obsessed with his search for a giant bird, is convinced by his students that it lives in a nearby forest. Ecstatic, he launches a hapless expedition including his impatient girlfriend and self-serving grad students. As the expedition unravels, the group must outwit backwoods hunters who seek the same quarry.

25 words
An obsessed professor and self-serving students search the woods for a giant bird while trying to outwit backwoods hunters who seek the same quarry.

 12 words:
Four hapless explorers search for a giant bird while their expedition unravels.