Question: Will I get a ticket for carrying my license/tags in the holder on my back? Answer: The Environmental Conservation Law requires hunters outside of the Northern Zone and the Catskill Park to display the numbered back tag in the middle of their back. Carrying your license or carcass tags in the back tag holder is not required and makes loss more likely. Licenses and carcass tags should be carried in a secure place like a pocket.
They need to refine this. Having to carry another paper seems crazy, should be able to take a online refreshed and it update you existing license for the following year. But then again this is NY, they don't do things that make sense.