Perhaps, one could some "mole-hair" like the bow hunters do. Press it on for your slick, slippery days hunting, then peel it off when you want it to look pretty. Really, one needs to checker darn near the whole stock from the pistol grip forward to get a sure safe grip under a lot of conditions, the pretty little checkered patterns aren't always where they are needed at times. I've used rough adhesive tape or the old style rough pre-vynyl type black electricions tape when even the checking didn't do much good it was so slick. My fiberglass stock with the textured paint is the best, but it's really ugly.
