On page 2 of the 2002 Turkey regs, it states that a RESIDENT hunter with a valid license for any zone or season can accompany, call or otherwise assist another hunter who has a valid license for any zone and season.
NONRESIDENTS can only assist other hunters in the same zone and season indicated on their license.
The hunter assisting cannot shoot a turkey or carry a firearm or bow unless he has an unused tag for the current season and zone. Also CANNOT place your tag on a turkey somebody else shot.
So, that regulation says your father CANNOT go with you unless he has a license for the season and zone you're hunting. For $189.50 and luck through the quota, he can go along (except in Seaon 2-no nonresident licenses available that season) and can carry both a camcorder and a gun until he fills his tag, then could only carry the video camera. You can't shoot a turkey for him even if he has a tag and chooses to only carry the camera.
If you know your local DNR officer really well and he hasn't been made cynical by dealing with years of BS of people trying to get around the law, maybe he would be understanding and choose to look the other way, spirit of the law thing rather than literal enforcement. But I wouldn't take it for granted--now that the fees have gone up, he may have already run across a few nonres with less than honorable intentions who claimed they were just along for the ride.
[This message has been edited by GDCooper (edited 04-09-2002).]