W e continued to defend legitimate breeding , kenneling , training and hunting with dogs from attacks in New Hampshire , Vermont , Maine , Massachusetts , New York , Rhode Island , Texas , Michigan , California and Tennessee . By making breeding and kenneling requirements incredibly stringent , the price of puppies and training become economically unattainable for everyday hunters . Activists directly attacked hunting with hounds in state legislatures by attempting to end seasons or proposing draconian restrictions on hunting dogs in the field . In Montana , however , sportsmen took the rare step of opening hound hunting for black bears for the first time in 100 years .