Fancy a sweet, deer? Amazing photographs capture the moment a stag leans through a car window to snaffle the driver's mint imperials 

Bold: The stag came up to the car, holding Paul Masterton and his nephew Shaun Devenney, without a care
  • Bold deer approached men taking photos of house from 007 film Skyfall 
  • Pair hid the sweets out of reach as they could have made creature ill
  • Snappers captured pictures of the impressive animal on their iPhones
  • They believe stag was unphased by humans due to the tourists in area
A stag with a sweet tooth gave photographers a shock when it poked its head through their car window to munch on their mint imperials.
Paul Masterton and his nephew Shaun Devenney were out taking landscape photos at Skyfall filming location Glen Etive, Scotland, when the deer surprised them from behind.
The pair were setting up to take snaps in the picturesque 007 setting when the creature tried to pinch the sweets from Mr Masterton, who swiftly moved them out of reach in the nick of time.

Bold: The stag came up to the car, holding Paul Masterton and his nephew Shaun Devenney, without a care
The experienced snappers had thousands of pounds worth of camera equipment in their car but unfortunately they only had time to reach for their iPhones to capture the bold as brass beast.
Mr Masterton, 54, from Edinburgh, said: 'Shaun and I have often photographed wild deer before but we always keep our distance as we know how dangerous they can be. But this turned into an unexpected close encounter.
'Deer are usually very timid but this young stag wasn't scared at all of the car or us. He suddenly appeared from behind us and before I knew it he had his head in the window.
'He must have smelled the mint imperials inside our car and decided he wanted to try them.
'I didn't notice if he smelled at all or had bad breath but there was another stag who had a somehow collected some coloured threads on his antlers like a party hat, so perhaps they were heading to a 'stag do' and he wanted fresh breath?
'I whisked the mint imperials out of his reach right away as you should never feed deer - many man-made things like sweets and chocolate can make them ill or even kill them.
'I have never seen a wild deer act like that before, he was very bold and didn't seem bothered by us at all. 
'The deer in the area must have got used to people from all the tourists who came to the area after James Bond Skyfall was filmed there.
Mr Masterton, 54, believed the smell of his mint imperials may have been too much for the stag to endure

Mr Masterton, 54, believed the smell of his mint imperials may have been too much for the stag to endure
'Despite us having all our camera equipment with us, we had long distance lenses on them so couldn't use them at all and had to use our iPhones instead. 
'It was quite ironic that despite all this equipment that was the only way we could get the picture.'
The family members were enjoying a three-day trip to the valley in the Highlands, which was also used as the backdrop for the Mel Gibson blockbuster Braveheart.
The popularity of the films has prompted an influx of visitors to the area of natural beauty.
Snapped: The family pair only had time to capture the special moment on their iPhones -  not their cameras

Snapped: The family pair only had time to capture the special moment on their iPhones -  not their cameras
Mr Masterton and his nephew were paid a visit by their unexpected guest after they had spotted a group of around 10 deer about 20 metres ahead of them, while driving along a remote road.
The retired IT director said: 'I like to keep a distance between myself and any animal that is bigger than me, so this was definitely a little closer than I would have preferred but it was very funny.
'There was no damage done to the car and the deer took his head out after about 30 seconds without hurting himself, thankfully.
Danger: Mr Masterton  quickly moved the sweets away from the deer as they could prove to be harmful

Danger: Mr Masterton  quickly moved the sweets away from the deer as they could prove to be harmful
'We were lucky that it was this one who decided to have a go, as there was older stag up ahead who was huge, with very large antlers and looked like he had been fighting - his antlers would have just gone through the car roof.
'I was just glad to have been able to make sure he didn't eat any of the mint imperials as they might have made him poorly.
'That's the one thing I would say to anyone who does encounter deer: don't feed them - and certainly don't give them mint imperials no matter how much they seem to want them!'