A Little About the ITBA

The Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association'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 stakes at each, where you shoot one arrow from each stake making it a forty arrow day. We pride ourselves in our quality targets and 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 Klassic in Nancy, KY. Squirrel hunts, bow building. Our indoor techno league is another off season shooting opportunity we make time for.

In May, we will hold our annual Indiana Traditional Bowhunters State Championship, 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 are many door prizes given out. We usually have a dozen vendors set up to take care of all your re-stocking needs. Camping is allowed on the conservation club grounds.

Our April shoot is our 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 an 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 has been a real popular shoot.

The September shoot is our end-of-year deer season tune-up, where all targets are deer and elk, and we utilize "real wolrd" scoring. Afterwards we present the trophies for the years top shooters, give away some door prizes, and auction off the 3D targets that have outlived their usefulness (most of which are still in pretty good shape for back yard shooting, they just have worn scoring lines).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me,

Thanks,

Dan Reeves

502-292-7444

reeves.dan@sbcglobal.net