The Order of the Golden Arrow

The Order of the Golden Arrow was founded in 2004 by four comrades who decided they wanted to take their mutual love of hunting, fishing, and general outdoor recreation to the next level. The FourFathers of the Order: Blane Dale, Nathan Olson, Jimmy Rolle, and David Tingley, created the Order to celebrate their pastimes, and to award the Golden Arrow to the member voted to have the most memorable outdoor moment of the year. Whether it is crunching ducks on Duck Creek, drilling bulls up Elk Creek, or cracking bucks near Deer Creek…the Order will be there in force, recreating to the limits of the law.

To become a member of the Order of the Golden Arrow, you must be invited to our annual Award Banquet and fulfill the requirements for membership outlined in the Order of the Golden Arrow Constitution. Once fulfilling all the necessary requirements for membership, new members are eligible to be nominated for the Golden Arrow Award following the next award year. Currently there are 7 members of the Order including the FourFathers. Elizabeth Rolle, Molly Tingley, and Frankie McBurney fulfilled the requirements of membership at the inaugural Award Banquet.

The Order of the Golden Arrow Constitution


	Blane Dale Blane Dale was born in Missoula MT where he currently lives. Growing up in western Montana Blane learned an appretiation for the outdoors and all the experiences it provided through his family and friends. Today he continues to enjoy many outdoor activities and plans to do so untill the day he dies.
	Nathan Olson Nate was born in Missoula, MT, and in his youth enjoyed fishing, camping and other outdoor recreation. Jumping at the opportunity to hunt he signed up for hunter education as soon as possible and began hunting in earnest, to the relief of all of the creatures that fell in the sight of his wrist rocket and daisy pump. The two weapons of choice were a Winchester Ranger 30-06 and the workhorse of the American waterfowl hunter, a Remington 870 express. In general his lack of excitement about ballistics arguments and other hand waving has led to the continued use of these firearms in the field today. Although the Rugar 10/22 was also added to the collection shortly after for its general qualities as a good plinking gun. During collage at MSU he borrowed his brother’s Hot Game Getter II and started bow hunting. He lives in Missoula and continues to enjoy hunting and fishing activities today and probably long into the future.
	James Edward Rolle Jimmy was born in New Rockford, North Dakota on July 20, 1977. In 1979 his family moved to Missoula, MT where he has lived since. During his formative years, Jimmy gained hunting and fishing skills through the teaching of his dad Jim. Many weekends were spent catching fish and camping around western and southwest MT. Jimmy was 7 years old when he drew his first mammalian blood, decimating a ground squirrel at 25 yards using the venerable .22 caliber Remington single shot, bolt action rifle that his father had passed down to him. At the age of 12, Jimmy was issued a Winchester 30-06 and a 12 gauge shotgun. This is considered to be the right of passage in the Rolle family. Through high school Jimmy and his close friends, Blane, Dave, and Nate, pursued any game in which the law allowed. At the young age of 18 Jimmy married Elizabeth M. Aston and started his own family of outdoor enthusiasts. Jimmy works and lives in Missoula, hunting and fishing to the limits of the law.
	Dave Tingley David was born to Peter and Karla Tingley on a cold December night in 1976, in what he calls the old Missoula, Montana. Not to be confused with the new Missoula, saturated with socialites with lifestyles that would warrant exclusion or excommunication from the Order of the Golden Arrow (See Golden Arrow Constitution). David started going on hunts with his father Pete at the age of nine, learning the techniques and ethics of a responsible outdoorsman. Early on, David was included in various extended hunts in the region with Pete and family friends Ken and Aaron Henegar, this is where he learned the value of companionship, and that the success of the hunt is not indicated by the filling of tags. David’s life as an outdoorsman is highlighted by trips to the Centennial Mountains, the Great Burn, and fishing trips to the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. At the age of 26, David married another outdoor enthusiast, Molly Kolodejchuk, who earned her stripes in Glacier Country (Glacier National Park, near her hometown of Columbia Falls, Montana). The two have been on many outdoor activities together, including canoeing, and hikes in the Bitteroots and up McDonald Peak. David would like to remind all, that “The hunt doesn’t end when the killins done”.