Starting from July 1977, recurrent observations were made to study the survival pattern of the markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri) young in Chitral Gol Wildlife Sanctuary (Aleem, 1976). Young female ratio declined from 1.19 to 0.79 after 6 months and to 0.5 after 21 months, in case of 1977 litter, whereas for 1978 litter the ratio dropped to only 0.96 from 1.18 after six months.