While other crossbow manufacturers started using finger guards years ago, Barnett waited until 2013 to add them to its Jackal model, David Barnett testified. There’s no fault with any of our equipment, this is all user error.” And people who haven’t read instructions, haven’t looked at labels, have no intention of looking at labels,” Barnett testified. “I know that any incident that happened with a crossbow are people who are not familiar with a crossbow. Sheean, told I-Team 8 by email: “Barnett stands behind its products, but given that lawsuits are pending involving these issues, Barnett will not comment and will allow the courts to determine the issue.”īut during a recent video deposition provided to I-Team 8 by Harville’s attorney, David Barnett did speak and defended his family’s company, saying the issue isn’t with his products, but with careless hunters. It really is messing with my day-to-day activities,” Harville said, noting that he has trouble buttoning his shirt and no longer hunts because of the pain.ĭavid Barnett, the company’s vice president of product design, did not return a phone call seeking comment.

Harville is now one of a growing number of consumers who have sued or filed complaints against Barnett Outdoors LLC, which makes the Jackal and other crossbows in question. And I just went into shock,” Harville said. I could see the bone on top of the finger leaning over. Doctors were able to re-attach the thumb, but the experience has left him in pain and facing more than $4,000 in medical bills. And I just went into shock.”ĭavid Harville says he was deer hunting with a Barnett Jackal crossbow in September near his Anderson, Indiana home when his right thumb was severed by the crossbow’s drawstring. “I could see the bone on top of the finger leaning over.

Barnett jackal crossbow