Swimming in the ocean in Long Branch - A huge buck that got chased in a few years ago!!!
Also, running across the ice in the Shrewsbury River from the Rumson shoreline to an island in the middle of the river in between the Sea Bright/Monmouth Beach shorelines. At night we would shine lights on the island and all you would see their eyes light up!!!!
When the river freezes you have everything from deer, to red foxes, to raccoons, to harbor seals all playing on the ice and running around!!!!
One other place is in the small patch of woods about a 10 foot strip of land adjacent to the Cabaret Go Go Bar and the old Bendix Plant on Rte. 35 in Eatontown. Usually a few deer killed on Rte. 35 there each year.
Had one actually get inside the 8 ft barbed wire fence surounding the Bendix Plant. Humane Society from the Popcorn Zoo in Lacey Twp. came up and hit it with a bunch of tranquilizer darts. Found out the deer died the next day from the overdose!!!!!