What I don't get in the show is someone preferring a Crossbow for anything except hunting and on single tartest because reloading is too slow.

You can shoot faster with a regular Bow; which they did show some People using.

With either you would be best of with a Hand Gun for backup.

The most effective Hand Tool for killing Zombies seems to be the Framing Hammer wielded by the Big Black Guy and the Sword wielded by Mayshawn.
I remember one case where a Blade got stuck in a Zombies Head and another where a Hatchet got stuck so inthe Show the Hammer and Sword so far are entirly reliable.

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