Lot of states still send the physical tag, like Kansas, with your license. The physical tags, usually made of the non-tearing Tyvek, cost money.

Iowa requires a physical tag on every deer - buck or doe. On a doe you wrap it around a leg or slit an ear or however you affix it. But it's required. And they - like in other states with required tags - will hammer your ass if you're caught moving a deer without one.

Ohio's regulation on checking:

http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/portals...g/Deer%20and%20Turkey%20Game%20Check.pdf