I wish I had thought pf this idea years ago, great way to protect and verify memories along with a few photos.

I did this with my first duck, and first goose. But I sharpied it onto the shell itself. I know exactly where and how I got them, I remember them as if it were yesterday. I might have to do this again with my first goose out of my new Benelli :P That I would like to remember too.

You can also put a 12 and 20 gauge shell together to make a waterproof compartment for money or matches

Especially to you younger hunters ---KEEP A JOURNAL! Write it like you were posting it for all of us to read. You will be amazed when you go back next year and read it how much it makes you remember, let alone when you can go back to journals several years old. Keeping the shells is great, but you can get a lot more details in a journal and it will be a priceless treasure for your grandchildren. I have some stuff my father wrote and I take it out and reread it frequently and get the same good feeling over and over. He's no longer here but he is alive in the stories he wrote.

I always think that I'll never forget some particular experience, but day to day living grinds the lustre off the memories and the mental images fade with age. A journal can bring everything back, bright and true. Try it. It doesn't cost a thing.

I gonna start