A lot of people go by a simple rule, if your deer has more than 15 inches of abnormal points then it will usually score better in the non typical category. I had a deer that was scored by a professional scorer and he scored it as a typical and it missed the books by 1 1/8 inches. I took him to get scored as a non typical and he made the books by 18 inches. (In Oklahoma we have a cy curtis award that is given to a 135" typical or 150" non typical taken with any weapon) He has a basic 8 pt frame with 2 long abnormal points and 2 other short abnormal points. Although he looks typical he scores a lot better as a non typical than a typical because he has nearly 20 inches of abnormal points. Here is a pic of him, he net scored 133 7/8" as typical and netted 168 6/8" as a non typical. Sorry about the long confusing post. It is probably about as clear as mud now!![&:]