ORIGINAL: bluebird2
I took Bob's advice and did a search as he suggested and here is what I found.
Goliath is a enormous white-tail buck. Maybe you’ve seen him on television or in a newspaper photo. He is huge, weighing 250 lbs. as a two-year-old. He's pretty tame, because he was born and raised on "game farms" in Pennsylvania. Goliath is owned by one such operation, Rodney Miller's of Knox, Penn. who paid $900 for him in 1997.
Do you think it might be illegal to sell a deer that was rescued from the wild PA herd?
First of all, orphaned fawns can be obtained under certain circumstances from the PGC.
Second, you didn't name the source of your quote but I know thatI also read the published story that said he was an orphaned fawn. It is quite possible that he was sold after that. A domesticated deer is private property just like a cow and can be bought and sold