"This is my plan for someone who isn't interested in building a fortress or leaving their community to become a wondering nomad.

I'm baseing my plan on a little survivor who is at the bottom of the food chain. The cottontailed rabbit.

I've hunted and observed this particular species for years and years. They are a survivor for many reasons some of them being their keen sense of hearing, their ability to re-populate quickly and their speed in thick cover. Those are all valuable tools but the thing I've observed most is they never really leave home. A cottontail will run from you but in a circle he always makes his way back to where he started. Along the way he could loose the hounds by simply hopping off the trail or by holeing up in a groundhog hole. The old smart ones would backtrail then jump to the side and the hounds would run right past them still following their scent.

What I would do post Z is follow the lowly rabbits lead and mimic his movements and tactics. If old uncle Z comes knocking on my door just leave. They aren't interested in anything there but you and if you leave they have no reason to stay. Circle around loosing them somewhere along the way and return to find your home intact. Use a rabbits tactics of darting to the side and waiting for you to pass while remaining perfectly still. Unless zeds have some magical sixth sense you could find ways to camoflauge yourself and remain hidden.

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"One of the best ways to bag a cottentail if you do not have dogs to chase them is just to fan out like your Pheasant hunting. So if your route is compramised where will you go then? If have no clear escape route. Concealment might work, however if a Z has a powerful sense of smell or hearing he could still pick you out, just like a Fox or a Coyote. The Rabbit's strength is the ability to breed quickly and replace its numbers, so Mr. Timber your going to need about 8 extra wives..:)"

"How about eight extra escape routes instead? I've considered a zombie's senses and don't really believe there is any reason to believe they are any better than ours. A fox or coyote has a sense of smell much greater than ours. You can use the direction of the wind in your favor as well. I've seen bird dogs I knew had a damn good nose run right past a covey of quail because they were on the wrong side of a fencerow. Unless there is something magical about zombies I can't think of a scientific reason why there sense of smell would be better than a K9's."

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. Like I said I'm not interested in decorating my yard with corpses. Wouldn't that kind of draw attention too?"

"Now just why in the world would I want a big pile of dead zombies littering my yard? ..... Like I said I'm not interested in decorating my yard with corpses. Wouldn't that kind of draw attention too?"

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Depending on the infection, you might even want to bury them in your soil. If the infection dies with the host, then you just had yourself an 180lbs bag of fertiliser, delivered fresh, right to your door. "

"How about eight extra escape routes instead? I've considered a zombie's senses and don't really believe there is any reason to believe they are any better than ours. A fox or coyote has a sense of smell much greater than ours. You can use the direction of the wind in your favor as well. I've seen bird dogs I knew had a damn good nose run right past a covey of quail because they were on the wrong side of a fencerow. Unless there is something magical about zombies I can't think of a scientific reason why there sense of smell would be better than a K9's."

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If the infection dies with the host, then you can use the body as fertiliser. If not, then killing them from your base, and moving the body is sitll quicker than luring them away before killing them."

"Sounds good Mr. Timber although I might go for something else besides prunes just because I am a nancy. I fancy granola bars. How big of an area would your escape route consist of if I may ask?"