Has anyone compared the two bows? Coming up on the list this summer and would love to here from guys who's owned or shot both the Mountain Monarch and the Thunderchild.
Thanks
Ps......yes I will speak to the big man himself
Would you rather have a chocolate or vanilla milkshake lol. Get the picture.
Can't speak for the Monarch but I do love my Thunderchild. Really smooth for a short bow. I got 58" (longest TC he makes standard). I shoot 50# @ 27". Shoots better than I do. Perfect for ground blinds.
Can't speak for the Monarch but I do love my Thunderchild. Really smooth for a short bow. I got 58" (longest TC he makes standard). I shoot 50# @ 27". Shoots better than I do. Perfect for ground blinds.
In all sincerity something no one ever thinks about.I was born and raised in B C and know the country you hunt in ,very remote and relentless.something no one ever thinks about is simplicity.Jim probably makes the nicest bows being made today and I'm sure his recurve is superb,but I can't see anything shooting as well as a thunder child,they have it all.Simplicity at its finest,you don't even need a stringer,pull it apart and stick it in your pack or backquiver and off you go.just like when the young greenhorn mountain man asked the old mountain man why he didn't use one of those new percussion guns.The old mountain man told him " Son when your 1000 miles from nowhere and you run out of those little nipple huggers what's you gunna do? Heck with my flinter Ican always find a rock to make her shine".
Both great bows. Would you rather have a recurve or longbow? It's a simple matter of preference.
I really want to shoot a thunderchild
Big Jim builds wonderful bows- no doubt.
Even at that, it comes down to individual compatability. I have shot at least 8 different Thunderchilds over the years. I have shot only one Mountain Monarch. The Mountain Monarch was , by far, a better selection for me.
Your own testing, if possible, will render the best decision.
I have a Buffalo, Thunderchild, Desert Bighorn, and recently a Mountain Monarch. I love them all but the Mountain Monarch is one sweet bow.
Andy
I'm on the list for a Monarch , love all his bows
Have both, and they are both great. You won't be wrong either way. Monarch is very smooth and soft in the hand shoots great. Thunder child is as nice of a short hybrid as you could ask for with all of the qualities of the best. It is a broken record but it all comes down to personal preference, and for me, how I feel that day. I find I shoot longbows in general more the reason I can determine is that I don't need a stringer (lazy?).
I am shooting a 67#@32"/60" Monarch and a 60#@32"/64" Monarch. I shoot the lighter more lately simply because I haven't been shooting much.
I find both to be very smooth all the way out to 32" and so does the scale.
I also find the ThunderChild to be very smooth as well..
When strung, the 60" Monarch is only 1" longer than the 58" ThunderChild.
Being a wood coneseuer, the Monarch, has a much bigger pallet to show off the beautiful wood. If it didn't shoot great, this would mean nothing of course. It is still not necessarily heavy, but it can have a fair bit more mass weight if desired than a ThunderChild.
BigJim
QuoteOriginally posted by Steve Clandinin:
Would you rather have a chocolate or vanilla milkshake lol. Get the picture.
There's no such thing as a vanilla shake.... they only make chocolate.
:bigsmyl:
Nope, strawberry is king. :bigsmyl:
Jim is the Monarch a static or working recurve? thanks. Great looking bow.
Vanilla is only available in Canada. Right now everything up here is white.
It's like asking do you prefer redheads, blondes, or brunetts. The answer is Yes!!
Well, you keep deciding and switch me spots with Big Jim. then you can try my monarch...lol
Appreciate the feed back. I have at least a few more months to research and make my decision. But keep it coming it all helps
My coveted Mountain Monarch is quite close to delivery.
Yes, the anticipation is continuing to mount.
Got the call from Big Jim?....decision made
60" 2 piece Mountain Monarch
Zebra wood lambs
Riser : zebra wood and Gabon ebony
Impala tips
Allan : I have had may Monarch since may and am very pleased with it . I told Jim this is one of the easiest bows to shoot for me , no learning curve at all . I find the Monarch to be faster than the Thunderchild and very , very smooth ( still love the Thunderchild) . When at shoots everyone I let shoot it can't stop talking about how smooth it is. Good luck with your new Beauty and lets have some pics . Drew
Will post pics when she arrives :pray:
Have run a couple thousand arrows thru my prized Mountain Monarch.
I would like another one....great shooting bow.
I love my Mountain Monarch! Like others have said very smooth & fast and its also very quiet. Send pictures.
My 2pc Monarch is my from my cold dead hands bow. I say this as someone who's never made up their mind between longbows or recurves. It ticks every box.
Unless, by chance, I score early on a goodin, my Mountain Monarch is destined for approximately 75 hunts this season.
Great bow...
Well , my 2 piece takedown 60" 47@28 (I draw 29.5) Mountain Monarch has been in my hands for a month now and I am truly impressed. I went back and forth between the TC and the MM for months, but thanks to few of you gents for your comparisons and thoughts I ended up with this MM. I pulled a lot of 60" bows but none that were this smooth to the end of my draw. Truly smooth to my 29.5" draw. I find it extremely stable for a shorter bow. At the moment I'm shooting a GT trad with 175 gr tip, total 503 grains, and with my draw it's doing 184 fps. An absolute performer!! And of course a work of art to boot. I waited a month because I didn't want the fact that was a shiny new bow to sway my true thoughts. I now can't help but look at a few of my other bows and think.....which ones can I sell so I can order another Mountain Monarch! This is going to be one awesome little hunting bow!
Where are the pics?
Pics please... :readit:
Without pics how do we know you aint shooting some cheesy little import :dunno:
Oh wait for you it is an import :knothead:
Zebra wood with ebony
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What is the center cut on it?
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Not sure,all I know is it shoots exact same as my two ILF rigs shoot. That would be a question for jim
All of my bows are cut 1/8" past center.
TDhunter, if you pull the lower quiver straps around and hook them on to the button opposite of the first button, it will really tighten up the bracket... That is hook them on both buttons.
I really need to re-do my quiver video since I've modified my quivers.
BigJim