I'll go with "to each his own". If he had the money and he obviously did, how he spends it is his concern. I'm not in his league by any stretch of the imagination. I renew my stuff by asking for gift certifcates for Xmas. Heck some of these expensive rifles people buy makes me wonder! I'd be afraid to carry one into the woods for fear of damaging the stock against a tree. But if it makes them feel like they're better hunters because of it, so be it.