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SnowmanBob
SnowmanBob
Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 4:27 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 4:27 PM EDT
Alright, I'm a big outdoors guy, and one of the most fun things I learned, was how to set up traps. Now, the use of traps has been outlawed in hunting for a long time......but not warfare. This one time I caught a guy on a fourwheeler...but that is a long story. What do you think of spike pits, malayan man-traps, lasso snares, and the like for the use of zombie destruction. Especially in a woodland environment. You could even throw some IED traps in there for kicks. They would have to be reset, but everything has it's drawbacks. What do you think? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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byates
byates
1. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 8:00 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
I am all for anything that can stop or even slow down an attacker with minimum risk to me. Do you find this valuable?    
Kaikelx
Kaikelx
2. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 8:05 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
"I am all for anything that can stop or even slow down an attacker with minimum risk to me."
Ditto Do you find this valuable?    
Kaikelx
Kaikelx
3. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 8:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 8:07 PM EDT
"Ditto"
Another thing, weren't traps used extensively in guerrilla warfare? Do you find this valuable?    
Acolyte14
Acolyte14
4. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 8:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 8:42 PM EDT
The traps would only be able to impede movement or incapacitate them. You wouldn't really be able to kill any unless you checked them regularly. They would be a good idea for any permanent or temporary establishment/camp.

Simple loops/ snares are easy to do and work great, deadfalls can be useful but may not be very effective against zombies. Spike pits would, most likely, not kill them but would capture them (if the pit is deep enough) Do you find this valuable?    
Andering_J_REDDSON
Andering_J_REDDSON
5. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 22 2008, 10:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 22 2008, 10:42 PM EDT
I moved this thread to a more effective location.
And, I used the SEARCH BOX to do it… Do you find this valuable?    

Finnishsurvivor
6. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 6 2009, 1:19 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 6 2009, 1:19 PM EDT
why not just dig a 7 feet deep hole and when there is a zombie, just pour in some gasoline, or napalm Do you find this valuable?    
bamoh
bamoh
7. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 6 2009, 1:21 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 6 2009, 1:21 PM EDT
"why not just dig a 7 feet deep hole and when there is a zombie, just pour in some gasoline, or napalm"
Because then you will have the disgusting smell of human flesh being charred. I am guessing it isn't a very pleasant smell. But if your okay with that smell, more power to ya. Do you find this valuable?    
nate121
nate121
8. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 6 2009, 9:13 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 6 2009, 9:13 PM EDT
a malay man trapper is basicly a big tree that falls on you could easily hould down one zed for along time Do you find this valuable?    
Birdman44
Birdman44
9. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 6 2009, 9:55 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 6 2009, 9:55 PM EDT
"Because then you will have the disgusting smell of human flesh being charred."
Mmmmmmmmm... Charred flesh.
I'm not much of a trap maker but holes would probably be a good way to get them without risking survivors lives all to greatly. They'd take time to make but it may be worth it. Do you find this valuable?    

MajorDamage
10. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 6 2009, 10:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 6 2009, 10:42 PM EDT
Traps have their place but I am of the barrier persuasion when time and resources are scarce. A wide trench system and berm can be far more effective than setting up a series of traps or (if fortunate to have) a minefield. Using terrain and natural obstacles in combination with berms, fences and trenches/pits will channel threats in your favor. Along the way, traps can reduce the amount but not eliminate the threat. Minefields are 'one trick' ponies: are you going to 'refill/reload' the minefield after a dozen or so walk through it? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Oetierules
11. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 20 2009, 10:51 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 20 2009, 10:51 AM EDT
what about things like gas cans, oxygen cylinders or propane tanks? just shoot them and they explode Do you find this valuable?    
ShotGunorBust
ShotGunorBust
12. RE: Traps for zombies
Sep 20 2009, 1:43 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 20 2009, 1:44 PM EDT
lol bell and baby grand piano enough said.. Do you find this valuable?    

Oetierules
13. RE: Traps for zombies
Oct 5 2009, 10:38 AM EDT | Post edited: Oct 5 2009, 10:38 AM EDT
best thing would be a 20 metres high chain link fence with barbed wire and razor wire on top and plugged with batteries. or just with some electrice wire for cattle. or just a house with reinforced steel storm shutters over the windows. thatl stop em. Do you find this valuable?    
badass101
badass101
14. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 10 2009, 11:11 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 10 2009, 11:11 PM EST
"best thing would be a 20 metres high chain link fence with barbed wire and razor wire on top and plugged with batteries. or just with some electrice wire for cattle. or just a house with reinforced steel storm shutters over the windows. thatl stop em."
Holy ****!!! That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!!! Although, I'd have about 12,000,000 volts plugged into that, if I can even MAKE that much power... Do you find this valuable?    
PedroAsani
PedroAsani
15. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 12 2009, 6:40 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 12 2009, 6:40 AM EST
"Holy ****!!! That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!!! Although, I'd have about 12,000,000 volts plugged into that, if I can even MAKE that much power..."
You would need a power plant to make that. Unless you can build or steal one, and then run it, fuel it and maintain it, it just won't happen. Do you find this valuable?    
badass101
badass101
16. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 13 2009, 9:39 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 13 2009, 9:39 PM EST
"You would need a power plant to make that. Unless you can build or steal one, and then run it, fuel it and maintain it, it just won't happen."
Like I said, IF. Jeez! Don't you people LISTEN? Do you find this valuable?    
Freelancer47
Freelancer47
17. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 13 2009, 9:47 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 13 2009, 9:47 PM EST
"Like I said, IF. Jeez! Don't you people LISTEN?"
Take a breath BA101... Pedro was just trying to help. Do you find this valuable?    
survivortype
survivortype
18. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 13 2009, 10:05 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 13 2009, 10:05 PM EST
Take an old-fashioned mousetrap. Add a couple of nails, a couple of shotgun shells, a couple inches of steel pipe, and some fishing line.

I think you know where I'm going with this. Just be really careful! Do you find this valuable?    

Lukeman201
19. RE: Traps for zombies
Dec 15 2009, 8:56 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 15 2009, 8:56 PM EST
"what about things like gas cans, oxygen cylinders or propane tanks? just shoot them and they explode"
omg...seriosly on mythbusters (i think thats what it was) it took a minigun with incendiary rounds to penetrate a propane tank and it didnt even explode, if you think you could shoot a propane tank and make it blow up with any weapons you could find (or own) you will be one of the first to die in a zombie apocalypse Do you find this valuable?    
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