I guess it depends on what one's priorities are.
There are people who'd rather have 55K new truck instead of decent used vehicle. Or spend the $$$ on new bass boat.
Or have one dozen or two dozen "deer" rifles, half dozen shotguns, etc.
Ever go out skeet or trap shooting? Some of those guys are shooting over/under shotguns that could easily pay for an African safari. Plus they usually have a decent collection of them to boot!
It's just what are your priorities and what important to you in most circumstances.
I've know a few hunters who due to lack of upland birds hunting or only able to harvest one big game a year (whitetail) that have taken up competitive shooting sports such as high power or 3-gun. Or as mentioned previous have become addicted to trap or skeet.
Others rather varmint and predator hunt as the seasons are generally longer and one can get more shooting in one year than in life time of big game hunting (perhaps exaggerating a little but not by much)
