Thank you all for your responses. This has been my way so far. I now see that this is not a valid strategy; use of the hatchet results in claw wounds far too often. In addition, Zeds are far too perceptive for the crawl approach to be a smart course of action. Half the time during the long army crawl en route to loot, either a random zombie will notice me as I go on my way, or one will spawn over top of me, and then notice me. Thanks, I didn't know this. How effective is it?