The Gujjars and Bakkarwal scheduled tribes form the third largest community in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the border states of India and constitute 8.1 percent of the total population in the state. Primarily nomadic communities who move to the lower, middle and higher mountain reaches in the Pir Panjal mountain ranges and even beyond up to Kashmir and Ladakh with the change in seasons along with their flock of buffalos, goats and sheep, they have been severely hit by the armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir. The present paper aims to understand the impact of conflict situations in Jammu and Kashmir on the migratory practices of Gujjars and Bakkarwals. It also seeks to analyze the annual pattern of migration from upper journeys to the higher hills and return journeys to the lower hills and plains