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PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 11:07 AM
Our cat is stuck in a Douglas Fir tree about 85' up. Been there 2 nights and it started snowing last night. My logger buddy is out of town, so I'm going to climb this thing myself.

I'm putting on a wetsuit and booties. Got a safety strap and handsaw, so I'll just work my way up limb by limb. It's about 20" in diameter at the base. Tree's green and healthy. Looks like about 4" in diameter where he's stuck- near the top.

This cat is the same one that got out and ran up a big pine tree- jumped back when he had no where to go, and impaled himself on a steel concrete form stake and lived. My wife's cat, and I've got $1000 into it already. There's no way it will come down on it's own, and he looks locked in where he's at.

I'm gonna pull a long rope with me and a gear bag. Put him in the bag, zip it up and lower him down. Last time when I pulled him off the stake, he bit clean through 6 of my fingers tips and nails, and sent me to the hospital. I'll have on gloves, but I don't think he's gonna bite me this time.

Wish me luck... :mrgreen:

Westwindmike
05-15-2011, 11:14 AM
Wish you could get a video of the rescue!

OeldeWolf
05-15-2011, 11:17 AM
I certainly wish you as much good luck as is possible. I sure think you need it!

It is amazing what we will do for our pets!

imashooter2
05-15-2011, 11:22 AM
Not to be harsh, but cats let outdoors die sometimes. How exactly were you planning to get a terrified cat into a bag while clinging to a fir tree 85 feet from the ground? How will your family survive after you fall 85 feet out of a fir tree?

CATS
05-15-2011, 11:35 AM
85 feet? Holy smokes. No way should anyone go up that high after any animal. I have never seen a cat that would not come down on its own when it got hungy enough. Go out every day and open a can of cat food. Even if the worst case happens it is your beloved pet and not YOU. If you go up there it will keep moving away from you and then....

wallenba
05-15-2011, 11:38 AM
Time to grease that tree trunk. Cats tend to keep making that mistake over and over.

bearcove
05-15-2011, 11:53 AM
I'd let hunger do its work. Open up that cat food in a few days.

hoosierlogger
05-15-2011, 12:00 PM
No Way would I risk my life to climb that far up a tree after a cat. I dont care how mad or disappointed my wife is. Its just not worth it. That thing will claw you to death when you try to put it in as bag.

gray wolf
05-15-2011, 12:01 PM
Please be careful, that's a long way up and if you loose it--well it's a long way down.
We don't want you to be the one in a zipped up bag.
I say go for the hunger thing, or hold off for your friend.

Bill*
05-15-2011, 12:04 PM
Jeez...tough call but I don't think I would climb that high for any animal. Not to be cold, but you gotta think of yourself first. Thats too high to be on a 4" (up there at the top) tree

GabbyM
05-15-2011, 12:23 PM
Has anyone actaully heard of a cat staying up in a tree until it died? I've not.
That cat can climb a lot bettr than you ever could Pat. Let it.

bearcove
05-15-2011, 01:28 PM
Has anyone actaully heard of a cat staying up in a tree until it died? I've not.
That cat can climb a lot bettr than you ever could Pat. Let it.

Yep, They come down.

fatnhappy
05-15-2011, 01:45 PM
hunger is a phenomenal motivator. Pat don't be an idiot, that cat climbed up there, let it climb down.

(and by idiot I mean that in the best possible sense buddy) [smilie=1:



Besides, if you asked nicely some moron from PETA would climb the tree for you. You just might kill two bird with one stone.

WildmanJack
05-15-2011, 01:58 PM
I don't want to sound cruel, but as I said to a lady back many years agoa as a firefighter on a cat in the tree call. How many dead cats do you see hanging in trees??? They really come down on their own. My Lt. chewed me out fort that one. But it's the truth...
Jack

MtGun44
05-15-2011, 02:07 PM
Good luck, be careful. Make sure you are properly roped in and it will be safe, but man, YOUR
safety has to be ahead of the cat, and have a soft spot for cats and dogs.

Bill

JonB_in_Glencoe
05-15-2011, 02:10 PM
Pat,
I Love cats,
I have 2 indoor cats.
If it was my personal cat of many years.
I might consider climbing that tree (dang 85' is way up there, though).
But I wouldn't do it for my wife's cat (maybe that's why I'm still single ?)
expecially if that dang thing already chewed/clawed my fingers and sent
me to the ER.
Jon

OeldeWolf
05-15-2011, 02:12 PM
Even though I wished you luck, I have to agree with the rest, Pat. 4" thick where the cat is, not a good place to be. A little cracking or bending, and we loose you for good.

And, like the others, I have never heard of a cat actually starving from getting stuck up a tree. They can look pretty silly getting down, but they always seem to manage it somehow.

And even if you got up to him, and he did not climb up further to avoid capture, bagging him might put you back in the hospital again. And those places are a LOT less fun than their reputation says they are.

dualsport
05-15-2011, 02:24 PM
This is good. I'm waiting anxiously for the report. I do agree the cat will make it down on it's own, safely enough. It's a cat. Maybe be a little patient Pat, might save your butt. I do admire your humanity, but there's limits. Man's gotta know his limitations. Good luck either way, let us know. An anti-climax will be a good thing. (Climbing in a wet suit?)

Lively Boy
05-15-2011, 02:32 PM
wish you luck!!!!

Fire_stick
05-15-2011, 02:36 PM
Is this for real?

A well placed lead bullet, just above the cat's position may give him motivation to retreat earthward, sooner than later.

I'm subscribing to this thread to see what happens.

troyboy
05-15-2011, 02:47 PM
I understand. Be careful

jsizemore
05-15-2011, 02:51 PM
Make sure your tied off. Hand in the casting glove and gloved hand in a pillow case. Go for the neck but take what you can get. Cat bite and claws hurt less then broke ribs or leg or back. Make sure the cat didn't take out a new life insurance policy on ya. Sneeky rascals. Good Luck

Three-Fifty-Seven
05-15-2011, 02:52 PM
I would not go up after it . . . If you go rescue it, it will learn good ol' Pat will climb up any tree and get me down . . . where/what is it gonna do next . . . ?

Give it another week, then if it still has not come down, shoot it! Who wants a stupid cat anyways! :bigsmyl2:

Pat . . . we need you around to keep making us cool things to spend our money on!


[smilie=s:

Geraldo
05-15-2011, 03:04 PM
I don't want to sound cruel, but as I said to a lady back many years ago as a firefighter on a cat in the tree call. How many dead cats do you see hanging in trees??? They really come down on their own. My Lt. chewed me out fort that one. But it's the truth...
Jack

That's what we always told people. It sounds harsh, but I've watched cats go up and down any number of things. Put some food out and see how fast it comes back down.

casterofboolits
05-15-2011, 03:05 PM
Cat in a tree? It will come down when it gets hunger pangs. It could be eating nest of tree rats tho.

You've got a lot invested in the cat, don't invest more in injurys to your person. Time will solve the problem. :brokenima

Box13
05-15-2011, 03:09 PM
Wow...pretty varried replies on this one.Pat,I went up a fir tree for one of our cats.This one is small and was just a year old.Got way up and found a place where 3 limbs overlapped.It could walk around but didnt seem to be able to figure out how to get back onto the trunk to climb down.I left it 3 days,2 in the rain,and I couldnt take it any more.I used an extention ladder to get up 25' and climbed on up from there.The cat let me grab it and I stuffed it inside my coat.Its been real friendly to me ever since....Dont fall out of the tree whatever you do...!...Robin

9.3X62AL
05-15-2011, 03:16 PM
Pat--

While I admire your devotion to the critter, I can't recommend this course of conduct. Please think this through carefully.

troy_mclure
05-15-2011, 03:25 PM
since its been 4 hours........ any update?

as an aside, my dads best friend jumped out of a boat to rescue his wifes miniature pincher(that he hated) and ended up drowning.

a persons life is not worth an animals, especially an apparently stupid and costly one.

WILCO
05-15-2011, 03:26 PM
If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough............

fecmech
05-15-2011, 04:13 PM
Pat--I've never ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree!

gew98
05-15-2011, 05:06 PM
As a small kid I watched my grandfather de-tree a cat. He used the old 410 LC Smith double with some small shot..it came down albeit a bit beat up , and it lived !. Grandpop could have cared less if it lived or died , but it sure cut into his drinking time when the whole matter was brought to his attention. I inherited that .410 when my dad passed away... it had'nt been shot since my grandfather died many years ago..unitl last summer. I pulled it and it's old paper shells out and shot some trap with it.. not cats.

L1A1Rocker
05-15-2011, 05:41 PM
It's been a long time. . . Hope you're OK Pat.

Bent Ramrod
05-15-2011, 06:10 PM
Cats will do anything that interests them, no matter how difficult it looks at the outset. When he is hungry enough, he will come down.

That said, cats are the most accomplished tragic actors in the animal kingdom. I have been up trees and onto roofs getting them down myself because of this talent of theirs.

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 06:26 PM
Made it guys-

Cat's safe and all is well. Me, the dog, and cat took a nap after the ordeal. Wife took pictures and I'll post them as soon as I can.

I seriously think he would have had major trouble getting down, plus there was a hawk swarming him this morning so I new I had to act fast, and he got chased up the tree by the dog. It poured down rain hear yesterday, and rain with snow all night. He had to be getting pelted up there, and he didn't move an inch. Just cold and nasty.

This cat is an indoor cat. He' only been outside twice, and he's the most uncoordinated cat I've ever had.

So the last time he got out, he was impaled. Story here:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=81661&highlight=Cat

I've been out of town picking up a lathe, and just got back home night before last. I asked where the cat was, and she said he must have gotten out, and could not find him. Finally, the next day (yesterday) she found him with the dogs about 100 yards away over a hill and way up the tree. He may have been up there 4 nights.

One of my best friends is a treeclimber/logger but he was out of town. When it started coming down hard last night, I figured out how I was going to climb up and get him

My old wetsuit didn't fit... hmmm must have shrank? ..:mrgreen:, but I had my neoprene waders- like a farmer johns wetsuit with my dive booties and it worked great. Snow had quit, but it was raining hard.

There was no way I could have done it with regular boots. I had to feel where my feet were placed. I had one of those new "Shark Teeth", saws and just trimmed a path on the way up. Never been that high before, and the doggoned tree was swaying with the wind at the top.

I strapped myself in once at the top, and pulled up the gear bag. Cat didn't move a bit. He just sat there and was happy to see me. He was wedged in pretty good in a awkward position, and could not figure out how to move.

Grabbed him by the back of the neck fur without a complaint and put him in the bag. Zipped it up and lowered him down. My safety strap and gear bag was actually rescue equipment used by my paramedic fireman buddy, so it was good stuff.

One thing is it was way easier getting back down then getting up, and I thought the hard part would be getting back down.

Pics coming as soon as my wife can find the download cord to her camera ...:roll: ..:mrgreen:

Kitten pic from 2 years back:


http://www.patmarlins.com/jackson10.jpg

Three-Fifty-Seven
05-15-2011, 06:29 PM
Glad your safe!

LUCKYDAWG13
05-15-2011, 06:30 PM
:Fire: :twisted: SORRY

firefly1957
05-15-2011, 06:40 PM
Glad your safe .

R.M.
05-15-2011, 06:55 PM
Well I must say you certainly have "Brass Ones".
I wouldn't have gone up there for nuthin. :holysheep

onondaga
05-15-2011, 06:56 PM
Cut your losses and get a new cat, then if the other one comes down, your wife will be twice as happy.

Gary

shooter93
05-15-2011, 07:08 PM
Congrats Pat....I never went up 85 feet to get one but I did go near 50 one time, had my longest ladder wrung out as far as it would go and nearly straight up. Wasn't my cat either....lol.....but the kid that did own it was happy.

jsizemore
05-15-2011, 07:18 PM
Shock collar and parachute for the cat.

bowfin
05-15-2011, 08:11 PM
Not to be harsh, but cats let outdoors die sometimes.

ALL cats let outdoors die and ALL cats kept indoors die.

We had a guy who drowned trying to save a 12 year old dog. Sad part is the guy got back to shore but went back for a second try even though the dive team was on its way. Dog died as well.

Bad Water Bill
05-15-2011, 08:20 PM
Have the cat DE CLAWED. Glad to hear both of you survived. Just remember you ain't as young as you thought. You were lucky this time.

Take it from an old man that forgets how OLD he really is sometimes.:kidding:

Mumblypeg
05-15-2011, 08:32 PM
I know it's a mute point now but I liked my wife's idea... Your wife's cat... let her go up and get it. Yea we do crazy things for our pets and wifes too! Glad you're safe. Just couldn't stand the thought of your last post being about climbing a tree for a cat... Now a Hunting Dog, that would be different!!!

docone31
05-15-2011, 08:36 PM
Tuxedo cats are great cats! We have two Bengals.
We do not let them outside.
If you did declaw your cat, the cat would still climb! We had a cat we adopted, she had been declawed and could climb faster than any cat we ever saw!
You did good. Crazy, but good and you both made it!
Cat is a beauty though.
They do drive a person crazy.

spqrzilla
05-15-2011, 08:40 PM
I had a cat that got regularly stuck up a tree. The last time he spent four nights in that tree about 25-30 feet up. Finally, I got tired of his bawling and nailed together a long stick, planted the end in his chest and gave him a good shove.

Gravity did the rest. I wanted the descent to be traumatic. He didn't go up that tree again.

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:40 PM
...:Fire:

Pics-

Forgot to mention, the dang tree hung right at the edge of a small cliff rock outcropping. Wouldn't have been a nice fall. The weather let up and wasn't raining as hard and the wind calmed down while doing this thank god. Did get some snow flurries.

http://www.patmarlins.com/ladder.jpg



...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:41 PM
...:Fire:



http://www.patmarlins.com/climbstart.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/cliff1.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/rockcliff2.jpg


...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:41 PM
...:Fire:


http://www.patmarlins.com/rockcliff.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/up1.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/climbsnow.jpg


...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:42 PM
...:Fire:


http://www.patmarlins.com/climb3.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/climb4.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/almost2.jpg


...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:42 PM
...:Fire:


http://www.patmarlins.com/top.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/top2.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/strappedin.jpg


...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:43 PM
...:Fire:


http://www.patmarlins.com/backdown.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/backdown3.jpg



...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:43 PM
...:Fire:



http://www.patmarlins.com/down.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/bagcat.jpg




http://www.patmarlins.com/outandsafe.jpg




...:Fire:

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 08:43 PM
...:Fire:


http://www.patmarlins.com/watcat.jpg



http://www.patmarlins.com/lastsafe.jpg





http://www.patmarlins.com/tamcat.jpg


Momma's happy. This cat ain't getting out AGAIN!


...:Fire:

RP
05-15-2011, 08:45 PM
Well I made a post about a cat I had doing the same thing and coming down after a few days. Then I seen you made the climb good to see it all worked out ok.

shaggist
05-15-2011, 08:49 PM
Just keep in mind for future reference, the fall won't hurt you, but that sudden stop at the bottom is a real stinker!

imashooter2
05-15-2011, 08:50 PM
That's just crazy. Glad you're OK.

Joni Lynn
05-15-2011, 08:52 PM
I'm glad it turned out well.

Bad Water Bill
05-15-2011, 09:01 PM
Great pictures Pat. You are a lot braver than me.

I an afraid that cat would be up there a long time before I would try THAT climb

oneokie
05-15-2011, 09:24 PM
...:Fire:

Momma's happy. This cat ain't getting out AGAIN!


...:Fire:

HA! Little do you know.................................

docone31
05-15-2011, 09:34 PM
That cat did it for the thrill!
See the look on his face?
I serve, I obey!
My Bengal is sleeping right behind the screen. My wife's is across from her staring at her.
We even built our house around the daggoned critters.
You done good.
Our Bengals have been there for us, when no one, including our children have not.
I bet yours has also.

PatMarlin
05-15-2011, 09:36 PM
Wasn't that bad really, and actually I had fun with it. And for the record my wife did NOT want me to do it, but held calm and helped out. I had also consulted my logger buddy who's out of town right now, and he thought I could do it. Calculated risk.

I got a habit of rescuing animals. Wanted to take my dog Snoop down to the river while we were in Sacramento this past week, but I knew the river was way to high.

I woulda been like that guy- drowned and dead cause if Snoop went in, I would have gone after him but no problem. I try not to get into the bad positions in the first place.

frankenfab
05-15-2011, 09:39 PM
You're a brave man, Pat!

I had a pet Racoon for a while, and had to use my tree climbers a couple of times to get the dang thing out of trees. I have the "fear of falling". I used the same method, put the 'coon in the bag, and lower it down.

And I learned that it is true that Racoons just don't make good pets, unless you are able spend a lot of time with them. I got mine as a tiny bottle fed baby, but she just got wilder and wilder as I was unable to spend adequate time with her. Fascinating animal, though.

9.3X62AL
05-15-2011, 09:50 PM
Nothing better than a happy ending, but I still think yer NUTS, Patrick. Very well done, all the same.

Until today--I think Crash Corrigan held the title of Most Preposterous Account Of Wild Stunt with his admission of having cast boolits in a hand-held mould (minus handles, using gloves). THIS eclipses the Crash Casting Method bit by some distance, I would say. What say others?

Not sure whether you're a beer drinker, Pat--but I damn sure owe you a beer (or its eqivalent) at NCBS.

CATS
05-15-2011, 10:07 PM
Have any more pictures of your wife?

beagle
05-15-2011, 10:12 PM
Pat, glad you got 'im. I'm afraid I'd have used the "Police Academy" method of retreival. I got a spare around here that I could have replaced him with without all that trouble.

My wife has a old tom and I'll swear that he's a fairy but he climbs way up in the trees and I leave his hind end up there and he always gets down.

Glad you got him down without hurting yourself as we need you to make PM GC dies./beagle

firebrick43
05-15-2011, 10:32 PM
O my. Wife has a cat that looks just like that named oreo. I am a cat lover ( my buddy is a 16lb Manx, he chases dogs, not the other way around), but her cat is the most obnoxious, stupidest, and clumsiest cat I have seen. Falls off anything. Follows you around the house and jumps into
Your lap the second one sets down. If he went up a tree like that I would let Oreo die!

geargnasher
05-15-2011, 11:03 PM
We have a Tux kitty too, somebody drove down the end of our road and threw her our of a car. We found her in the brush and she hasn't been outside since. Our two outdoor cats (well, sort of, they live in the shop) have mastered climbing long ago, but one of them seems to want to climb every ladder in sight, and a cat just can't get down off of something it can't get it's claws into. Had to rescue him more than once. Your little stunt reminds me of something I'd probably try to do too, but my trees are much shorter than yours!

All's well that ends well.

Gear

beanflip
05-15-2011, 11:29 PM
Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

a.squibload
05-15-2011, 11:58 PM
Glad it worked out, looks like you did it safely.

We used to climb tall pine trees for fun.
Main problem is figuring out how to open your beer when you get up there.

I might do the same for one of ours, but they remember being feral
and don't want to go out.

Mk42gunner
05-16-2011, 12:25 AM
Nothing better than a happy ending, but I still think yer NUTS, Patrick. Very well done, all the same.

Until today--I think Crash Corrigan held the title of Most Preposterous Account Of Wild Stunt with his admission of having cast boolits in a hand-held mould (minus handles, using gloves). THIS eclipses the Crash Casting Method bit by some distance, I would say. What say others?

Not sure whether you're a beer drinker, Pat--but I damn sure owe you a beer (or its eqivalent) at NCBS.

No, this is a (hopefully) one time thing, Crash kept casting for quite some time without handles.

Robert

MtGun44
05-16-2011, 12:26 AM
You're a good man, sir. I used to mountain climb, not afraid of heights, and I still have the gear and would probably
have done it myself but I would have been shaking my own head about it! ;-) Once you have been in high locations
and used to setting up the safety gear and trusting it, it isn't as bad as it seems. Pretty unforgiving of errors, but a lot
of stuff is that.

Well done! [smilie=w:

Bill

dualsport
05-16-2011, 02:37 AM
Crazy. But I admire your heart. That's a lucky cat. Me and my buddies used to swim across the river you mentioned, in winter, just to prove we could. Nuts. Lost one guy. Old river rats, now it's a freakin' park. I have no doubt you'd go in if your dog went. Hey, a hero only dies once. Even a crazy hero. On a more practical note, maybe this is an idea for a cottage industry thing? "Pat Marlin's Animal Rescue, what's your emergency?"

altheating
05-16-2011, 06:26 AM
Ok, the cats out of the tree, now take it to the guy who is looking for a simple chili recipe and lets get cooking, ten we can all go back to casting Boolits. :-)

MT Gianni
05-16-2011, 08:16 AM
The cat has earned a leash when the door is opened Pat. Glad it worked out OK.

markinalpine
05-16-2011, 08:45 AM
:bigsmyl2:

Bad Water Bill
05-16-2011, 09:09 AM
When my wife bought her house (we had just met) she invited her folks over from Germany. They sent their Dochshund ahead of them. We took the dog out for a walk one night. We had heard about a BIG tom cat that had every dog from shepards to mastifs running in fear of their lives.

Pedigreed GERMAN dox meets alley cat. The cat jumped from a bush to scare the new kid on the block. Two days later someone finally got tired of hearing the cat crying from the TOP of the telephone pole and called animal control. Never saw the cat again.

spqrzilla
05-16-2011, 09:46 AM
Uh, if that had been my cat, they would have found a cat skeleton in that tree before I'd climb up.

Moonie
05-16-2011, 09:52 AM
As a dog owner and lover I do understand your feelings for the pet and I would do just about anything for either my wifes or my Chihuahua. Can't see myself doing the same for a cat however.

white eagle
05-16-2011, 10:06 AM
forget about it and cut your losses
9 lives for one

Bill*
05-16-2011, 11:08 AM
Just buy the cat one of those little jackets and hats the idjits around here put on their poodles. If the cat has any self respect he'll no longer go out at all, for fear another cat might see him [smilie=1:

mold maker
05-16-2011, 11:16 AM
forget about it and cut your losses
9 lives for one

Ya got that right, and the cat has already cashed in on 2 of them. I don't hate cats, but I ain't risking my life for anything with more legs than me.
Good grief, Pat,,,,,,, you've got a dumb cat. Don't ever be like it again.

lbaize3
05-16-2011, 11:29 AM
Pat I am glad to see you still have a sense of adventure and that you care enough for your animals to help them when they need the help. I had a cat when I was a youngster and it looked just like yours. I would have climbed whatever (tree, telephone pole, etc) to get "Butterball" down. Unfortunately I've grown old and fat and if I owned a cat now and it could not get down from the tree.... probably the last sound it heard would be a chain saw....

winelover
05-16-2011, 12:12 PM
Congrats Pat, you avoided a CAT-astrope!

Winelover

lead-1
05-16-2011, 01:17 PM
...:Fire:

You're my hero, what did you say your name was?
http://www.patmarlins.com/tamcat.jpg

Stone, Keith Stone
http://www.patmarlins.com/lastsafe.jpg

...:Fire:


Fixed those picture titles for you.
LOL, Good Rescue, can't say I would've made that climb.

rockrat
05-16-2011, 01:37 PM
I have "barked" a squirrel, wonder if it would work on a cat!!:)

I have cats and dogs. My cat would find its way down. Luv em, but I have my limits. Lost a friend who dodged a dog in the road and crashed.

S.R.Custom
05-16-2011, 02:13 PM
OK, for all you dog-lovers who are mystified by all the feel-good, man-saves-cat sentiment being displayed here, I think I know what really happened. Consider the following statement:


...I've been out of town picking up a lathe...

That tells me Mr. PatMarlin has gone and spent a bunch of money on a new toy. And Mrs. PatMarlin, ever the long suffering manager of the family finances, is not amused. But upon his return, Mr PatMarlin finds the wife's cat up a tree, and thinks to himself, "Sweet! All I have to do is rescue the cat (again), and I'm golden!" The fact that it's a very tall tree sticking out of the side of a cliff only enhances our big spender's standing with the wife.

But --and this is where the real detective work comes in-- one could not be faulted for further suspecting that Mr. PatMarlin himself may have chased the cat up the tree before he left. You know, to set the whole scheme up. To risk climbing a tree of that size, we can only guess that it must've been a really expensive lathe...

So what at first appears to be a heroic story of a man and his cat, becomes, under closer scrutiny, a devious scheme involving a man and his lathe.

Well played, sir.

Moonie
05-16-2011, 02:58 PM
Well played indeed, I humbly bow to the wisdom of one who knows how to change the things he can't change.

PatMarlin
05-16-2011, 03:55 PM
You guys really need to get out of the house and do some shooting ...:roll: ...:mrgreen:

I think Mrs. Marlin would even trade that cat to get my shop back running full steam right now.

Who is "Stone, Keith Stone" ... :confused:

jsizemore
05-16-2011, 04:01 PM
I'll bet you got an extra scoop of ice cream for dessert.

S.R.Custom
05-16-2011, 05:09 PM
You guys really need to get out of the house and do some shooting ...:roll: ...:mrgreen:

No question about it. This infernal, incessant springtime wind has about got me climbing the walls.

jixxerbill
05-16-2011, 07:13 PM
keith stone is the smooth talkin guy from the keystone light beer commercials.....bill

lead-1
05-16-2011, 07:18 PM
Here you go PatMarlin, here is where that come from, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tzc-dB8Xuk&feature=related

canyon-ghost
05-16-2011, 07:28 PM
Just glad we didn't lose one of our own kind there. The gear bag and rope was a good idea, if he can't see it, might be better yet.

Ron

a.squibload
05-17-2011, 03:45 AM
Ok, the cats out of the tree, now take it to the guy who is looking for a simple chili recipe and lets get cooking, ten we can all go back to casting Boolits. :-)

I swear I'll never claw the couch again!
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_69sguoFlVzY/TXV8ZPLSmCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/9XUPMVygxSY/tastycatstew.jpg

PatMarlin
05-17-2011, 10:01 AM
Update-

Jackson's still moving real slow. The ordeal really beat him up good. Legs real weak. He's been drinking water and slowly eating his dry food. Last night he hobbled down stairs and tried to jump up on my lap, while watching a movie in the recliner. His favorite spot. I had to help him up. All good signs.

troyboy
05-17-2011, 05:28 PM
Evidently most do not understand the bond. The pets become part of the family. Good on ya. I would have done the same.

TamNemo
06-21-2011, 08:44 PM
Oh-My-Gawd. I had to register JUST to post on this thread!!!

I don't know whether to call him crazy, stupid or rediculously brave... OR all three! BUT! I absolutely DO know he has a heart of gold. This "Patmarlins" dude is my brother.

Good Lord bro!!! I'm glad you waited until now to tell me about this little venture. Don't tell mom! Jeeze. (Had to LOL at the guy who wanted to know if you had more pics of your wife!)

Okay, (still shaking my head!) just sayin' hi. Will hit you up later.

Your loving sis,
"TamNemo" Original, ain't it?

JonB_in_Glencoe
06-21-2011, 08:54 PM
TamNemo,
I hope you stick around some
Your brother is a legend in these parts
Besides makin' and sellin' some awesome tooling,
He has the best stories...
and always great advice.
Jon

Rooster
06-21-2011, 09:18 PM
Pics of sister?:kidding:

TamNemo
06-21-2011, 09:21 PM
Hi there,
Yep, I know. He's pretty dang smart (After this... I dunno?) and unbelieveably talented, I've known him for almost 50 years. (Yikes, seeing my "almost" age in type is traumatic!)
We see each other on occasion but not often enough. Gotta admit - it's MY turn to get to his place.

He talks about you guys a lot. Don't know what he'll think about me being on this board tho! (Guess I better get an avatar, etc.) Although we DO have the cat thing in common! Hah!

And, I do know a Marlin is a rifle but also a fish. I like to fish! Don't think Nemo is a firearm of any sort!

Thanks for the welcome! It's always nice to hear good things about my bro. He deserves it.

TN

TamNemo
06-21-2011, 09:24 PM
Pics of sister?:kidding:

Oh Jeeze - you the same guy who wanted more pics of Pat's wife?
(Don't do it Patrick!) Che'yah, I'll arrange something. Heheheh.

Good talking w/you all. Gotta find a way to keep cool. It's over 100 here!!

TN

shdwlkr
06-21-2011, 09:38 PM
Pat
had to read almost all the way through before the real reason you went after the cat came out he is your lap buddy isn't he.
i have two cats both inside cats just not safe for them outside or for my dog either so yes I have three house pets to keep me on edge.
Nice rescue by the way

PatMarlin
06-21-2011, 09:43 PM
Tami Marlin ...:mrgreen:

Welcome to the CB nut house Sis. She's wild guys. Look out... :mrgreen:


:groner: :kidding:

PatMarlin
06-21-2011, 09:58 PM
Here's a pic of Tam' when we were kids....


http://www.patmarlins.com/Nemo.jpg

PatMarlin
06-21-2011, 10:06 PM
More recent pic- girls night out on the town...


http://www.patmarlins.com/Oldnemo.jpg

Dannix
06-22-2011, 02:23 AM
Something fishy about those last two posts.

TamNemo
06-22-2011, 02:50 PM
Tami Marlin ...:mrgreen:

Welcome to the CB nut house Sis. She's wild guys. Look out... :mrgreen:

:groner: :kidding:


AAAHAHAHAHAHAAHA <<Gasp!>> AHAHAHAH!!!!!!!! (~~W-a-t-e-r...n-e-e-d w-a-t-e-r...) NICE PICS!

Hey, waitaminute! WHAT night on the town?! 'An who's wild?? I don't go climbin' 85' trees!! But then, my cats are normal. Us flatlanders stay close to the ground.

I've got a goofy pic of me with Squeezie on my head as a hair ornament! (That'll get'em wondering)

'Kay, MUST go to Costco today. Don't wanna but have to git stuff. Will TRY 2 email U later.

Love ya bro,
Tam

a.squibload
06-26-2011, 01:30 PM
Seen the sequel?

Finding Nemo - at Red Lobster.

SharpsShooter
06-27-2011, 11:42 AM
Pat, I love my cats...doubt I'd go the distance you did but my hats off to ya!

A fine job indeed and most importantly....nobody got hurt :D

SS

WildmanJack
06-27-2011, 12:16 PM
Pat,
After looking at those pictures I have only one thing to say. Man you are one brave Son of a gun!!!!! And I mean that. It was bad enough that the tree was that high but on the edge of that dropoff>> No w ay would I have done that...
Jack

Catshooter
07-01-2011, 06:16 PM
Nice rescue Pat.

Heights don't bother me and I've climbed cranes four times that tall.

However, having said that, consider the risks, not the odds the next time you get called upon to do such a thing.

Since you obviously knew what you were doing the odds of a problem were small.

However, a fall of eight feet or less has killed many a construction worker.

One mistake, one unforseen problem with the tree and I don't think your wife would have had quite the same smile on her face.

I love my dogs & cats, but they're not worth my life.

Of course all this is said by a guy with a user name that is somewhat telling . . . :)


Cat

AkMike
07-01-2011, 07:26 PM
Funny! The cat was stuck up a tree for two days and this thread has lasted a month and a half already..

PatMarlin
09-09-2013, 11:44 AM
You guys remember when this happened?

Well after all the nine lives my cat Jackie lost, I think Coyotes finally got him here. I'll miss that screwball.

81361


Holy cow I was a lot heavier then. Lost the wife and lost the weight... :mrgreen:

USAFrox
09-09-2013, 12:13 PM
Sorry to hear you lost your buddy. That sucks. Hope you find a new pal soon!

9w1911
09-09-2013, 12:17 PM
had cats do this all the time, can of tuna always gets em,

hardy
09-09-2013, 12:24 PM
[smilie=s:Anyone here read "Cats in Trees" by Claude Nards?.............Mike

Bad Water Bill
09-09-2013, 12:31 PM
How can we forget those pictures of that tree hanging over the edge and your successful retrieval.

R I P Kitty cat

shdwlkr
09-09-2013, 04:17 PM
Pat
My cats never go outside for many reasons, mostly because I would be lost without them.
My pets and I can carry on an intelligent conversation something many humans seem to be lacking these days
Sorry for your loss

scottiemom
09-10-2013, 07:56 PM
You're a good man! well done.

contender1
09-11-2013, 09:41 AM
As a person who does Nuisance Wildlife Control AND who owns 6 cats, (all indoors, ) I read this post with amusement.
I have been hired to remove cats from trees a few times,, when nobody else would get them out.
Each job has it's difficulty level. All cats were safely rescued.

Many folks believe that hunger will motivate a cat to come down out of a tree. Yes,, that will work at times, but often, by the time it does, worse health issues have injured the cat.
Sometimes it does not work.

To the folks who do not care enough for cats (over dogs etc,) do not understand the love a person can have for their pet.

I commend you for rescuing your cat. Too bad he lost his life to yotes. All my cats are full time indoors. (Yes, you can prevent them from ever going out. I have a 13 yr old that was born in my wifes lap that has no clue what dirt is. Never been outside. The other 5 are rescues who from the time we got them, have never touched dirt. A year ago, we had a break-in. The thief left the door open for 20 minutes. No cat even tried to get out, even though the thief greatly disturbed them. We think he even kicked one of the girls.

All in all,,, I think you did one heck of a job and you'd be welcome around us anytime.

PatMarlin
09-11-2013, 10:31 AM
There was no way he was getting out of that tree because he wedged himself in, at the top and couldn't even figure out how to move. Definitely the most clumsy cat I've ever owned.

I think Snoop's going to be my last dog and if I ever get another cat, I'm going to put in a doggie door that goes from the kitchen into the attached garage for the cat box. I lost him, and my girlfriend lost her 2 cats here to yotes.

msp2640
09-12-2013, 04:20 AM
Pat - I found this old and renewed thread just now....remnded me of the time my wife's cat pulled a similar stunt about 10 years ago, but was only 25-30 ft up a pine tree in our yard. Wife says she's calling our neighbor, who is a local firefighter and good all around guy. He comes over, laughs and said I've ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree, have you? We have a good laugh about it, downed a few beers on the deck behind the house and before he left, the cat strolled by us towards the back door after the 5+ hr "ordeal" hungry as hell - Glad it worked out - Bill in MA

WilliamDahl
09-12-2013, 06:45 AM
How many dead cats do you see hanging in trees???

Uhhhh.... Not enough? :)

WilliamDahl
09-12-2013, 07:30 AM
Back in my youth (probably a half century or so ago), we would climb large pine trees just for the fun of it. Most in the 50-100 ft height range, I suspect. Occasionally, we would slip and fall in the process. As you fell, you would bounce off the various limbs on your way down and then land in the massive pile of pine straw that was under the tree. It definitely hurt and you would get scraped up, but miraculously, none of us ever were seriously injured.

These days, I would definitely take more safety precautions and I doubt that I would climb up as high. I weigh a lot more than I did as a kid and those thin limbs near the top that supported my weight just barely as a kid would definitely not support my weight now. I would also use a climbing harness and a safety rope. Of course, if the limbs did not start at the ground, I would just get a ladder instead of shinnying up the lower part of the trunk of the tree. Yeah, I've gotten a bit lazier in my old age.

But I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't climb a tree for a cat unless there was a lot of beer involved in the decision. On the other hand, I might be tempted to get a paintball gun and see if I could "encourage" the cat to come down.

PatMarlin
09-12-2013, 11:39 AM
I was about 237 lbs when I did that, and the wind was blowing me back and forth up there. It was blowing snow too. I was worried the top was going to snap with my heavy butt.

Oh well, stupid is as stupid does I guess... :mrgreen:

Would probably do it again.

1Shirt
09-12-2013, 02:53 PM
A friend of mine many years ago on Tiawan, came home pretty plastered. His wife had (if I remember right 4-5 cats), and being very late at night the wife was sleeping. He started to sit down in a chair where one of the cats was sleeping, and it scratched the he!! out of him! Being drunk he grabbed the cat and wrung its neck, and threw it in a lidded trash can, and went to bed. Next morning he woke up with a head twice the size of normal, and his wife looking for her missing cat-----the light bulb came on and he remembered throwing the cat in the trash can (which the wife had not looked in), and he quickly got dressed and took the trash out.
As he told the story to a group of us a few months later, the wife is still hoping that the cat that got out of the house will find its way home. Have very serious doubts that she ever learned the true story of the missing cat!
1Shirt!















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WilliamDahl
09-12-2013, 03:44 PM
I was about 237 lbs when I did that, and the wind was blowing me back and forth up there. It was blowing snow too. I was worried the top was going to snap with my heavy butt.

Oh well, stupid is as stupid does I guess... :mrgreen:

Would probably do it again.

Yeah, big difference in the limbs you feel comfortable climbing when you're young, 1/4 to 1/3 the weight, and believe you are invincible.

ElDorado
09-12-2013, 03:55 PM
I remember this story. Sorry to hear about your cats. Sounds like you need to cure the coyote problem.

Bad Water Bill
09-12-2013, 05:02 PM
Many years ago my wife invited her folks to visit from Germany for a couple of months. Well they also brought their pedigreed Dox along with them.

We had a tom cat roaming the neighborhood that had every dog from bull mastiff and German Shepherds hiding in fear.

One night the cat jumped out from the bushes intending to put the fear into the new dog in the neighborhood.

Sorry kitty cat,wrong breed to try scaring. Two days later someone called the fire dept to get the cat off of the top of the telephone pole.

The cat was never seen in the neighborhood again.

Dachshund have had fear breed OUT of the breed many generations ago. :bigsmyl2:

JonB_in_Glencoe
09-12-2013, 08:17 PM
Dachshunds !
I love cats, and I love most dogs.
My former boss and his wife have always had a Dachshund...sometimes more than one. None of them ever liked me,,,in fact I'd say they hated me.
His wife [who also never had any love for me], thought it was just great her dogs were always yippin' and nippin' at me.
I won't say anything more.
Jon