I missed the era of wooden stocks growing up, my first gun was black and plastic, my second gun was black and plastic, and I've only had one gun that had wood on it, an AK that I replaced for Magpul furniture when that came out.
I do like the looks of wooden stocks on some older guns, there is a cool vibe to it, but it seems to me wood is heavier, less durable, more prone to weathering issues. Maybe it's easier to repair than a polymer stock? And if so maybe its something to think about in a very long term survivalist scenario, although I've had a heck of a time with just 6 weeks of this pandemic, I don't think I want to fantacize about end of world scenarios anymore! I'm miserable now locked indoors with perfect AC, mostly high speed internet, and mostly all the food I want.
Other than aesthetics is there any reason to use wood these days? One reason I have in mind is to get a wooden lever action 357 and wooden 12ga pump for travel through liberal states. But given they would be travel / trunk guns, I worry about durability of the material if left in the trunk, vibrations, possibly banging into things, I am rough on my stuff by personality, bad habit I know, moisture, etc.
I also wonder if I can fortify the wood with epoxy of some kind to make it stronger so it keeps the same look but becomes more plasticy. There's some knife makers I have seen that take wood and impregate it with resin or something to make it hard and plastic like.
Another idea is strengthening the wood stock. I saw a youtube video of a guy who drilled a hole through his stock wrist rest and epoxied a metal bolt about 8" long in the middle to add strength.