An airsoft gun would have got the cat out of that tree.
So would opening a delectable can of cat food. You leave it at the base of the tree, get out a chair and imbibe an adult beverage. The reason for the last part? To shoo away the raccoons and critters who also like cat food.
Good idea.
Guns in that part of Maine are usually of a larger caliber. ;)
I tried that once and the cat went another 40ft up.
He came down a while later in the week...watched him fall a good 50 ft and into some Bushes...went to pick him up and he pissed all over me just like he had held it in all week.