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About the Developer
Hi, I'm Michał - Founder of BowSmith
I'm the founder and product strategist behind BowSmith. In my free time, I shoot my compound bow and compete in 3D archery competitions across Poland. The actual development? That's handled by an amazing team of AI agents from Anthropic.
Like many archers, I struggled to track my bow setups, practice sessions, and competition scores. Paper notebooks got lost, Excel spreadsheets were clunky, and existing apps weren't built for serious compound shooters and 3D archers who need detailed equipment tracking and tuning logs.
That's why I founded BowSmith - an app built by an archer, for archers. Whether you're a hunter preparing for season, a 3D competitor chasing perfect scores, or someone who loves tinkering with their compound bow setup, BowSmith helps you track everything that matters.
My goal is simple: help archers like you grow in the craft, track your success, and never forget that perfect setup that gave you your best score. Built with modern AI technology, designed by an archer.
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The Range by Bowsmith.app
Our Roadmap to a Real Archery Range
Every purchase, subscription, and coffee tip goes toward one big dream: building a dedicated archery range in the Opolskie region of Poland, near Namysłów. This isn't just a vision — it's a step-by-step plan. Here's how we'll get there, one stage at a time.
Overall Roadmap Progress
1% complete
Scout & Secure the Land
Finding the perfect property in the Opolskie region — the foundation everything else builds on.
Scouting parcels near Namysłów with the right terrain, access roads, and zoning for a recreational archery facility. We need enough acreage for future expansion, natural elevation changes, wooded sections, and open fields. Legal checks, soil surveys, and negotiations — this is step zero.
Site Preparation & Access Road
Clearing the land, laying a gravel access road, and connecting basic utilities.
Before anything gets built, the site needs to be prepared. That means clearing overgrowth, grading key areas, building an access road from the nearest public road, and bringing in water and electricity. Not glamorous, but without it nothing else happens.
Build Safety Backstops
Proper earth mounds and safety infrastructure — because safety comes first.
Constructing earth backstops and side berms that meet safety standards for archery ranges. These need to stop arrows reliably at all distances and from all bow types. We're talking serious earthworks — 3-4 meter high mounds with proper drainage so they don't erode.
The Backyard Shooting Line
A covered shooting line with target stands — the first place we'll loose arrows.
A roofed shooting platform with concrete footings, weather protection, and adjustable target stands at 10-50 meters. Nothing fancy — just a reliable space to practice rain or shine. This is where it all begins. The first arrow on our own land.
Basic Facilities
Parking area, storage shed, and restroom — the essentials before opening doors.
A gravel parking lot for 10-15 cars, a lockable storage shed for targets and equipment, and a proper restroom facility. You can't invite people to a range without somewhere to park, store gear, and answer nature's call. These basics make everything else possible.
The Outdoor Target Range
A full multi-lane outdoor range open to the community.
Expanding beyond the backyard into a proper outdoor target range with 6+ shooting lanes, distance markers from 18 to 70+ meters, wind flags, and competition-grade target faces. Proper lane dividers, a results board, and lighting for evening sessions in summer.
Community Opening
Day passes, memberships, signage — the doors officially open.
This is the milestone where The Range becomes real for everyone. Setting up a booking system, printing membership cards, installing proper signage, and hosting an opening event. Day passes for visitors, monthly and annual memberships for regulars. The community has a home.
Bow Workshop & Tuning Station
A dedicated space to tune, repair, and work on your equipment.
A proper workshop with a bow press, arrow cutting station, fletching jig, chronograph, and paper tuning wall. Both self-service for experienced archers and guided sessions for beginners. The kind of place where you can spend a rainy afternoon dialing in your setup.
Extend the Land
More land means more possibilities — expanding the property for bigger plans.
Acquiring adjacent parcels to grow the facility footprint. The outdoor range and basic facilities prove the concept — now we need room for the really exciting stuff. More land unlocks field paths, 3D courses, and indoor facilities. This stage depends on earlier success and community support.
Indoor Shooting Hall
Year-round shooting regardless of weather — a proper indoor facility.
A climate-controlled indoor hall with 18-meter lanes for target practice and winter training. Proper lighting, ventilation, and acoustic treatment. When it's -15°C outside and snowing sideways, archers will still have a place to shoot. League nights, coaching sessions, and beginner courses year-round.
The Field Archery Path
A dedicated field archery course winding through natural terrain.
A proper field archery path with varied elevation, wooded sections, open meadows, and marked stations at unknown distances. 24 targets spread across 2-3 km of walking trail. This is what field archers dream about — a course that challenges your range estimation, tests uphill and downhill shooting, and rewards versatility.
The 3D Course
A full 3D archery course with life-size animal targets through the woods.
A competition-grade 3D course with 28+ life-size animal targets placed through natural terrain. Walk-through courses that simulate real hunting scenarios — a bear behind a fallen log, a deer at the edge of a clearing, a wild boar on a downhill slope. Varying distances, angles, and difficulty levels. We already have concept renders in progress.
Pro Shop & Clubhouse
A place to buy gear, grab a drink, and swap stories with fellow archers.
A small pro shop stocking essentials — arrows, strings, releases, tabs, arm guards — plus a clubhouse area with seating, a scoreboard wall, and refreshments. The social hub of The Range. Where new archers meet mentors, where competition results go up on the board, and where friendships form over shared passion.
Host Competitions
The ultimate dream — The Range becomes an official tournament venue.
Hosting regional and national archery competitions right here. That means official timing systems, judge stations, spectator areas, podiums, and registration infrastructure. Imagine archers from across Poland and beyond coming to compete on our 3D course and field path. The Range becomes a destination, not just a facility.
Open to everyone: The range will offer day passes for visitors and monthly memberships for regulars. Whether you're passing through or a local archer, you'll be welcome.
Your coffee tips and app subscriptions directly fund this dream. Every contribution counts.
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