Factors limiting rabbit numbers are cover and late
winter food. Given adequate food and cover, rabbits are
able to maintain their numbers in spite of all their
enemies, including man. Every attempt should be made
to retain as much natural cover as possible-brambles,
fence rows, abandoned house sites, etc. Loose brush
piles 10
-15
in diameter and no more than
3
-4
high
can be left to provide cover. Where winter food is a
problem, food plots can be used. Plots should be to
acre.
Some of the plants which can be used are annual game bird mixtures, clovers, clover and grass mixtures, oats, peas, rye, winter rye grass, vetch, and wheat.