His target is the 2024 Olympics but it's the targets he's knocking over a bit closer to home that could propel Tauranga's Mykel Turner on to the international stage a lot sooner.
Turner, 16, has come home from the Archery New Zealand nationals with a golden haul, winning the cadet (under-17) men's recurve in all three disciplines - target, field shooting and clout - as well as the Robin Hood Trophy for the best single first arrow shot in field and the JAMA (junior and midget grades) recurve champion of champions title.
For Turner, his third crack at the nationals proved a charm as he dominated his division, making up for last year's nationals in Hamilton where he says he struggled to hit the proverbial barn door.
Turner, who lives in Pyes Pa and is home schooled, said linking with Auckland-based coach Andrew Russell last year had upped his game.
"My expectations going into the nationals this time (split between Porirua and Masterton) probably weren't all that good after my experience in Hamilton but Andrew has spent a lot of time working on my form and consistency and my results in the last half of the year were good."
Turner won the male cadet recurve at the national indoor champs in Palmerston North, setting a New Zealand record, and was second at the Aussie equivalent.
He improved his score in Masterton in the targets, where the male cadets fire at traditional targets from 70m, 60m, 50m and 30, by 400 points, landing 1145 out of a possible 1440. The targets are 122cm in diameter from the two furthest distances, shrinking to 80cm from 50 and 30m, with the bullseye worth a maximum 10 points.
Chuck in 30C heat in Masterton and the target competition took on a largely physical element, with many competitors struggling to stay upright as the heat took a hefty toll.
Turner was in his element during the clout competition, in which archers shoot at an angle from 145m at a flag (known as the clout), scoring points depending on how close each arrow lands to the flag. Scoring zones are defined by maximum radius from the flag pole, with Turner's 36 scoring arrows earning 280 from a possible 324 points, a national cadet record.
He landed six of his arrows in the gold circle, 0.7m wide, with his first arrow of the day just 30m from the "flag" to earn the Robin Hood shield.
Turner also dominated field, which took place in Porirua and pitted the archers against a series of small targets, shooting from 5m-55m over different topography.
Tauranga's Kevin Horn came home with a trio of silvers in the 65+ masters men's compound grade in target, field and clout, while Trevor Kennerson (men's recurve) was second in target.
Turner, who made his own stick-and-string bow and arrow as a child, was encouraged into the sport four years ago by his grandfather, who spotted a newspaper article on the Tauranga club. Turner is consumed by it, mum Kerry says.
"Six of the seven weekends before Christmas he was away competing and we've got a full-size (70m) target set up at home, so he's out there at least two hours every day.
It's that dedication to his sport that has landed Turner a spot in the Auckland development squad, the youngest recurve archer. He's aiming for a place in the national junior team for the transtasman series in Rotorua this year and wants to compete at the Commonwealth Games and Olympics.
Given his rapid rise so far you wouldn't bet against it.