TakeDown Recurve Bow

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Ranged weapons are an invaluable tool to have in the fight against the undead, and the ability to bring a zombie down quietly from longer ranges is a life saver. The recurve bow is a classic design that has been used on battlefields for centuries, so its quite proven to be effective. The TakeDown Recurve from Bear Archery brings the classic design into the modern day. Much lighter and less cumbersome than a compound bow, the TakeDown can be packed easily, and it “shoots like a dream”. For all you southpaws out there, this is also available for left-handed shooters (since we’re the best shots, it makes sense, right?).

Features

A-Riser = 56″ AMO – #1 Limbs
B-Riser = 60″ AMO – #1 Limbs
Crowned, cut-on center arrow shelf with Bear Hair Rest and leather side plate
Dynaflight 97 Flemish Twist string (red and black)
Inlaid compass (a favorite of Mr. Bear)

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Hoyt Carbon Matrix Bow

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When you’re out in the field dropping zeds at range, it’s one thing to have a high quality compound bow, but it’s another altogether to have a Hoyt Carbon Matrix compound bow. A hollow carbon tube riser gives this thing unparalleled ability for such a light weight, short compound bow. A sexy weapon packed with innovative features and ground-breaking performance, the price tag should give anyone serious about hunting zombies with a bow a reason to pause.

Making weight at just shy of four pounds, with an axel to axel length of 35″, the Hoyt Carbon Matrix performs just as well as a longer, heavier bow. Not to mention, if you quietly put some shafts into the eyeballs of a few shamblers, its pretty much guaranteed to “draw” the attention of anyone you’ve rescued.

If you’re going to choose to go to battle against a few walking corpses, you should make sure your weapon of choice has all the traits that you’re gonna need to rely on. With the Hoyt, you’ve got superior performance, silent (un)kills at range, light weight and compact, and not to mention this thing has style written all over it.

I’m sure with some practice, a seasoned zombie killer can put on quite a show. Who knows…maybe three arrows simultaneously, like classic comic book archers, isn’t completely out of the realm of possibility. Just don’t try that stuff if I’m the one your’e trying to save out there.

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Battle Ready Steel Captain America’s Shield

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Until Wakanda allows the export of Vibranium (I’m sure we can find Adamantium, since it seems to pop up everywhere as it is), we’re going to live with shields made of steel. However since the only real threat is the teeth, fingernails and exposed jagged bone that the zombies are flailing away with, steel will do just fine. Courtesy of the Dark Knight Armoury, you can leap into the fray, inspiring those around you with Captain America’s shield, fully battle ready. This ruggedly constructed shield is more than enough to bash around those pesky reanimated corpses trying to get a piece of you and your crew. When things start looking dark, just strap this beast on and bellow out your battle cry. “Survivors Assemble!”

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Sticky Foam Weapons get new Lease on [un]Life (via Wired)

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So maybe initial tests of Sticky Foam as a less than lethal anti-personel tactic fell flat, the U.S. military is exploring further uses of the stuff as a deterrent against vehicles. However, this stuff has always had promise against the living dead. Zombies aren’t so fleet of feet, so a good dose of the sticky stuff would halt their progress rather effectively. The only thing really holding it back as a great anti-shambling-personel device was the lackluster initial results against real living (and agile) people. Now that the government is looking for alternative uses, there will be a potential for any slick survivalist worth their salt to get their hands on a Sticky Foam delivery system to put up some decent barriers preventing the needless showering of zed entrails and fluids in self defense situation. Less than lethal Z-Defense if you will.

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Browning Illusion Compound Bow

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Silent but deadly. Sure we giggle when we hear it now, but when you’re thrown right into the middle of a survival situation when you need to protect your self by picking off zombies from a distance without the loud report of a firearm, silent but deadly is exactly what you need. The Browning Illusion field ready compound bow puts some serious power in your hands without the fear of a loud crack bringing the undead hordes down on your position like a dinner bell. This is a fully field ready bow giving you the power and stabilization you need to make every shot count.

Look I know you’re not a modern day Robin Hood, or the living embodiment of Legolas, but you can’t always rely on your Browning rifle, and throwing knives aren’t the best tool for the job (although how awesome would that be if you could bring the steel rain like Danny Trejo on Desperado…wow that’s a lot of fictional character references in this post). Most off the shelf basic bow packages just don’t give us novice archers a chance at hitting even the fattest of zombie heads, but the Illusion has all the bells and whistles you need to make it from point A to point B bite-free.

Also, you can’t forget that you may have a crazy explosives dude (hopefully with all his digits, so you know he’s reliable) in your crew, that can outfit your arrows with explosive tips so you can run around shirtless like Rambo (fictional_character_reference++).

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Husqvarna 3120 XP Chainsaw

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What!? All this time bringing you great products to survive the Z Apocalypse, and we’ve never talked about chainsaws?! Well that’s something we aim to remedy right now. It’s relatively well known that a good chainsaw is handy in a heavy, close-quarters zombie situation, so we’re not going to bother with the rest…we’re only bringing you the best. The Husqvarna 3120 XP is the meanest, biggest, most rugged bad boy you can swing when you’re seriously caught in a crowd of zeds.

Designed to pull chains on the longest bars Husqvarna has to offer, up to 6 feet! That’s plenty of clearing surface when you’ve got to mow down some serious reanimated corpses. I mean we’re talking limbs, heads, and even the toughest of torsos, plus you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in trees, poles or walls. The Smart Start, LowVib and other ergonomic features makes this heavy duty z killer easy to operate.

I suppose you could use it to clear trees too…

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TAC 15 Tactical Assault Crossbow

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Come Z-Day, you’re going to have to make some tough decisions about your inventory. When making a selection for your primary weapon, both the rifle and crossbow are great options. The rifle has great power, unequaled range, and potential for a decent payload. Unfortunately, you might as well be ringing a dinner bell in congested areas and once you’re out of ammo, it’s done. The Crossbow is silent, the bolts are re-useable, and allows for long distance kills without the need for gunpowder. This too has drawbacks as the reload time can be unbearable and the bolts take up precious space.

Luckily, the boys at PSE Archery has made sure that you don’t have to decide between to two. The TAC-15 is a crossbow that mounts onto a standard AR-15 lower receiver. It shoots at an amazing 412 fps so you know it’ll pack a punch. You don’t have to worry about being stuck in crossbow mode when things get tough because it’ll easily convert into the standard whenever you need.

With the TAC 15, you have the best of both worlds with minimal sacrifice. Rifle and scope pictured not included.

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