What's wrong with getting a few scraches on a wood stock? It was made to be used. Get out there and use them. Scraches are just character marks and adds to the memories of the many hunts that you took that particular firearm on.

Boy, our grandfathers sure would have had a hard time getting out in the woods if they were all Nancy boys too.

I have synthetic stocked guns too but given the choice I'll take a beautiful wood stock any day over synthetic in a hunting gun.