The club’s roots go back to around 1986 when a few guys began to get together to shoot at what was then known as Quick Creek Reservoir (now Hardy Lake). In the beginning, 3D targets were unheard of; the guys cut 2D silhouettes and set them out in real life hunting type situations. By 1989, the Quick Creek Archers numbered some half dozen members. Recruiting became a club objective; fliers were printed up and distributed at local archery shops and shoots. This had an immediate effect on the number of shooters participating in the shoots.

In 1998, the club moved to the Scottsburg Conservation Club and became the Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association.

The ITBA’s main activity is the traditional-only 3D shoots that are held at the Scottsburg Conservation Club. This year we will hold two shoots per month in January, February, and March; then one shoot per month April through September (we take October, November and December off to hunt). The course is set with twenty targets, two primary stakes at each (and one intermediate and one cub stake), you shoot two arrows at each target set, making it a forty arrow day. We pride ourselves in quality targets and real life hunting situation traditional equipment sets.

We also get together occasionally to make a run to other traditional shoots like the Traditional Nationals in Cloverdale, IN and the Kentucky Traditional Bowhunters Association near Harrodsburg, KY. Stump shooting, hunting trips, and bow building get togethers offer year long activities.

Our April shoot is the annual blanket shoot, where all participants donate a hunting related item to the "blanket" prior to shooting the course that day. At the end we tally up the scores and the first place shooter gets first choice of the items on the blanket, second place goes next and so on. The format means everyone gets to take something home. The items range from bows, custom knives, tanned hides, tree stands, arrows and just about everything hunting you can imagine. We have one rule - No Junk. This is always a real popular shoot.

In May, we will hold our annual Bow Hunters Classic, a two day shoot. We set thirty targets and encourage everyone to shoot it as many times as possible. Many chose to shoot it with their recurve, longbow and self bow. We also have a few novelty type shoots such as a long range target, a coon (night) shoot, a smoker round, aerial targets and whatever we may come up with. Awards are given to the top shooters in each class and there is a table full of door prizes given out. We usually have vendors set up to take care of all your re-stocking needs. Camping is allowed on the conservation club grounds.
The September shoot is our end-of-year pitch in dinner and bow jamboree. Awards are presented to the year's top shooters, door prizes are given away, and 3D targets that have outlived their usefulness are auctioned off (most of which are still in pretty good shape for back yard shooting, they just have worn scoring lines).