Oh crap, you can recover the bolts!
"A silent crossbow. Fairly accurate but terrible iron sights and slow rate of fire. Lack of a bolt quiver makes ammo for this weapon difficult to carry.
This weapon is common, and can found on almost every item location. Once fired, a bolt will become embedded in an object such as a tree, or a zombie. It can then be recovered by coming close to the bolt and looking at it, and using the add action. However, if a zombie falls on the bolt, it becomes very difficult or impossible to recover the bolt. If this happens, using the 'Hide Body' action will remove the bolt as well."