Outdoor Boys
Luke Nichols shares wilderness camping, bushcraft, fishing and family adventures from Alaska and beyond on Outdoor Boys, with occasional appearances since stepping back from regular uploads in 2025.
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Luke’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
- 3 Days in Arctic Survival Shelter - Solo Bushcraft Camping & Blacksmithing2024 · Host
YouTube - 6 Days Jungle Survival Camping with NO Food - US Marine Corps Jungle Survival School2024 · Host
YouTube - 3 Days Camping & Fishing Alaska's Wilderness (Near Dick Proenneke's Cabin)2025 · Host
YouTube - Building an Off Grid Forge on My Alaskan Homestead2025 · Host
YouTube
Overview
- Creator
- Luke Nichols
- From
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Outdoor Boys began
- May 2015
- Before YouTube
- Criminal defense attorney and managing partner at Nichols & Green PLLC
- Family on camera
- Wife Rebecca and sons Tommy, Nathan and Jacob
- Recognition
- No. 10 on YouTube’s US Top Creators list for 2025
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Anchorage, Luke built a career in criminal defense law before making outdoor videos his full-time work. He earned a political science degree at Brigham Young University and a JD at George Mason University. His fishing channel, Catfish and Carp, began in 2013; Outdoor Boys followed in May 2015.
What fans come for.
Outdoor Boys brings together Luke’s solo wilderness trips and adventures with Rebecca and their three sons. The work ranges from snow shelters and campfire cooking to fishing, blacksmithing and family travel. His Alaska films sit alongside trips farther afield, including a filmed visit to the US Marine Corps’ jungle survival school in Okinawa.
The audience grew.
By May 2025, Luke said the channel had gained about 12 million subscribers in 18 months. In “Goodbye,” he explained that the attention was becoming overwhelming for his family and stepped back from regular uploads. YouTube later placed Outdoor Boys tenth on its US Top Creators list for 2025.
A slower pace.
Three Outdoor Boys films arrived in November 2025, covering Twin Lakes, a remote Bering Sea coast and work at his Alaskan homestead. Luke also filmed for MyLifeOutdoors and discussed his break in an interview there. In 2026, his public appearances included a law-school commencement speech and a devotional at BYU–Hawaii.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2025Camping in Snowstorm With No Tent, No Sleeping BagGuest host
- 2025Building an Off Grid Forge on My Alaskan HomesteadHost
- 20253 Days Camping & Fishing Alaska's Wilderness (Near Dick Proenneke's Cabin)Host
- 20243 Days in Arctic Survival Shelter - Solo Bushcraft Camping & BlacksmithingHost
- 20246 Days Jungle Survival Camping with NO Food - US Marine Corps Jungle Survival SchoolHost
Awards
Quotes
I am comfy where I am.Luke Nichols, MyLifeOutdoors interview
In the December 2025 interview, Luke discussed possible future homestead films while explaining that he had no firm timetable for returning.
Trivia
- Luke served as a missionary in Fukuoka, Japan, before his YouTube career.
- He says he found the US Marine Corps jungle survival school on Google Maps and asked permission to attend and film.
- The channel’s own description includes fossil hunting, magnet fishing and metal detecting among the family’s interests.
- The November 2025 Twin Lakes film took Luke and all three boys near Dick Proenneke’s cabin in Lake Clark National Park.
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