It's less than 24 hours until Christmas morning and so far, the only thing you've managed to get anyone is that subscription to the cheese of the month club for your great aunt in northern California. What are you supposed to get everybody on your list?

From what I hear, there are quite a few of you still out there among the ranks of the "undecided."

"Christmas Eve day, 90 percent of our shoppers are male," said Dennis Morang of Gardiner, manager of the Eastern Mountain Sports branch in Augusta.

"The rest of the year, we're 70 percent women, but not on Christmas Eve."

Which means you're wondering this morning what to get the outdoorsman on your list who already has everything he or she needs?

Good question. And we've got answers. Or, at least, we've got some suggestions, ones that stem from this season's most popular items and will hopefully fit every budget.

Here's the breakdown, by suggested retail price, as well as information about where to find information on the individual products and telephone numbers for local point of sales. This is by no means a complete list. There are any number of local outfitters who can supply you with your last-minute holiday gifts for the outdoorsman. We encourage you to shop around and shop locally.

Happy holidays to all of you -- we'll see you outdoors.

LESS THAN $20

• YakTrax ($18, www.yaktrax.com, 623-2712): Eastern Mountain Sports carries these popular, lightweight winter weather traction devices. The elastic configuration attaches itself to boots and winter shoes, providing a metal "track" on the bottom of the foot for easier walking in snowy and icy conditions.

• Fleece socks ($15, www.llbean.com, 800-441-5713): Outdoor giant L.L. Bean has fleece socks in a hundred different colors and designs it seems. A simple and remarkable means for keeping feet warm during winter activities like ice fishing, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing.

• Carhartt winter mask ($15, www.carhartt.com, 453-9756): Joseph's Sporting Goods in Fairfield carries these thinsulate-lined knit masks for battling the bitter cold. They're great beyond traditional winter sports, too -- a must for hunting seasons that expand into December or those frosty spring mornings on a boat in pursuit of early-season fishing in a stiff breeze.

LESS THAN $100

• Fly-tying videos ($25, www.flyfishingonly.com, 453-6242): Mike Holt of Fly-Fishing Only is one of the most-respected fly-fishing gurus around, and he's been offering how-to videos for anglers for a while now. Holt's information is not only valuable, but it comes at a time of year when most fly-fishermen are passing away cold winter nights tying their own flies.

• PrimaLoft gloves ($30, www.primaloft.com, 623-2712): Dennis Morang said that gloves start flying off the shelves when we get hit with bitter cold snaps like the one we're seeing across central Maine this week. But, he cautions, gloves aren't as simple as they used to be. There are gloves for everything -- skiing, running, even snowblowing -- but these PrimaLoft ones at EMS are a great place to start for anyone who's outside for any length of time.

• Black Jack fishing traps ($44, www.jacktraps.com, 933-9499): They're built the way Tim Jackson builds all of his top-quality standard ice fishing Jack Traps, but, as the name implies, they're taking color to the extreme. The flag, the wood, even the line are all black. There's nothing like it on the market, and they are sure to be a hit with hardwater anglers seeking a ruggedly cool custom look for their ice fishing equipment.

• Hunting blind ($60, www.dickssportinggoods.com, 622-3987): Dick's Sporting Goods runs great deals on ground blinds this time of year, and Eastman Outfitters makes a carbon rifleman blind carried by the sporting goods retailer. It folds up quickly, is easy to move in the woods and gives hunters a scent-blocked, concealed location from which to hunt throughout the season. As more and more hunters return to the ground over tree stands, this becomes a great find.

LESS THAN $500

• Snowshoes (starting at $130, www.ems.com, 623-2712): Sales for snowshoes were off the charts during last year's near-record snowfall during the course of the winter. More than a foot of snow in central Maine this week -- just in time for the holidays -- has them flying out of stores like EMS again this winter. The TSL Walk In Park shoes for both men and women are a good starting point.

• Superpack hunting/fishing license ($200, www.mefishwildlife.com, 287-8000): What better way to kick off 2009 than to have, in pocket, your Maine hunting and fishing licenses for the entire year. The Superpack license -- available to residents only -- includes hunting and fishing for all of Maine's species, and it includes all of the permits required to hunt for those species, including turkey and bear permits. It also gives the licensee six free entries into the annual moose lottery and three expanded archery antlerless deer permits. Need we say more? OK, we will. You can get it online, without having to fight the Christmas Eve shopping hordes.

• Bow outfits ($480, www.sportsmansbarr.com, 588-0888): Steve Chaisson knows bows, and the Tomkat 2960 by BowTech is a great starting point for the hunter that's always wanted a bow but didn't know what to get. It's a complete outfit, one that you won't want to turn in as soon as next fall arrives for something better -- and you can take advantage of the Sportsman's BARR's bow clearance sale right now for the best deal.

Travis Barrett -- 621-5648

tbarrett@centralmaine.com