surely if this is such a well known deer, there are pictures of it alive atleast.

As noted above, if the pic goes in the paper, it becomes " public" and could be posted everywhere with out consent of the person that shot it, maybe someone would have to pay the paper for the rights to use it, but no money for the hunter. I guess if I shot a deer, I would do the same thing. Why not make a fortune off something that you love to do anyway? Thats no different than these hunting shows, guys getting paid to do what they love....HUNT. Gotta love that.