Good summer foods are white clover, Korean lespedeza and crabgrass. These foods must be of high quality and next to good rabbit cover. Although rabbits drink from surface water during hot, dry spells, they obtain most of the water they need from the succulent plants they eat. Cover management Dense, well-distributed protective cover is the most critical element in good rabbit habitat. Brush piles located in the right places bring the quickest response of all the management tools.
Rabbits often take over a brush pile the night after construction.
Place brush piles close to other permanent cover, such as briars, fencerows or woods. Discarded Christmas trees make ideal brush piles for rabbits. To make them even more effective, place an old skid or some other similar material on the ground and then pile enough Christmas trees on top to make a pile about the size of a car. If the top is allowed to remain attached to the stump, the twigs and limbs will provide both food and cover. Fencing these areas to exclude cattle improves existing cover and allows grass and shrubs to thrive.