RE: what constitutes a nontypical buck
It is not a "black & white" answer. In order to enter a buck in the Boone & Crocket record book, it has to have a certain minimum score for typical (170, I believe) and for non-typical the number is something higher 195??? I believe also that there has to be a certain number of inches of non-typical growth recorded for the rack in order to be entered in the book as a non-typical.
In measuring any rack, the first steps in the process are to measure the main beams, typical points, etc, just exactly as you would for a typical. Then if there is non-typical growth or points you measure them. To arrive at the typical score, you subtract the non-typical inches from the net typical score. To arrive at the non-typical score, you add the non-typical growth to the net typical score. It is a little confusing, but at the end of the day, some big bucks qualify as bothtypicaland non-typical.