Need advice on the best weapons.

[The Ragman]

With weapons in a Bug Out situation low key is best, if you wander around with in the open with Crossbows and alike hanging from every loop you may attract the wrong type of attention as heavily armed people usually have something worth stealing, whereas the rough trampy looking bundle of rags that skirts around the edges will appear to have nothing.

I stick to trapping wires etc for hunting a good hiking staff (blackthorn) a top quality lock sheathed fishing knife with back ups and slingshots with varied things to shoot which range from pepper paint balls over to mini glass vials with various compounds in to keep people at a distance.