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 The ol’ fav of RC enthusiasts for decades: 

A long, long string attached to a tennis ball / baseball. Get the line looped over the general branch area, then one person on each end take turns see-sawing the branches until it falls out. 

If the drone has the capability, running the props in reverse to try to unhook them can sometimes help. 
 That's a great idea. Thanks