If I found myself in the walking dead, I will back light with what ever I can fit inside a backpack, a small first aid kit, a jacket for cold nights, one pair of spare clothes just in case, wires, a survival knife not only for self defense but also a tool to make either make shift weapons or help build a fire, small game traps, or shelter, salt to make animal meat last longer, two water bottle to reuse, a portable water filter for rivers and lakes, a rubber mallet though not as effective as a hammer but more durable and reliable incase for non-lethal takedowns on other humans if their hostile, and a snub -nose revolver with one box of ammo to use in fights I cannot avoid. I would first call my loved ones to stay away from crowds to keep calm and to go to places that are safe and have less populations and to leave any message on where they will go when I visit their soon to be former homes, before the lines go down.
Than I start traveling first by bike, avoiding traffic and heavy populated areas, stop by small stores to grab non-perishables to make them last as much of I can, get out of the city by taking the least traveled areas and backroads, once out I travel to my family that lives on the other side of the state, rest only when necessary away from the highways and only on high locations only a human can climb to and set a trap alarm using my keys or empty cans with the wire. collect water from passing by water sources and filter them, only use fire to cook any game I successfully gained and put out before night fall. stay silent and sneak when having no choice when looking through abandoned building for supplies, help only the few survivors I come across if they are not hostile, by either help repair their car, heal any wounds, or to leave at least a few cans or dry meat I can spare.
Kill walkers only if they are in the way, no need to draw attention to myself if I can avoid it. Kill any hostile survivors and cannibals, they are only worth more trouble in the long run not only for me but also other survivors, I would use my gun to not only shoot to kill but to draw a Hoard to our location for the hostile survivors to deal with them while I either escort any hostage or myself away from there.
Finally when I get to my final destination and find the message I was looking for I will get to my family to help them survive, hope they are still alive. If not I will put them to rest, and survive on my own traveling helping when I can, till I die from either naturally or by my own hand with only one bullet surrounded by herd, bitten and with no escape.
Post edited October 29, 2021 by ZedsniperWolf