RE: what constitutes a nontypical buck
For a buck to qualify as non-typical it needs only 1" of abnormal points. It changed to this several years ago from 15" (I think). An abnormal point is not the extra point on a 7,9,11, etc point buck. It is a point that can be a fork, drop or any point not veiwed as typical. It can come from the base, off another tine etc. It has to be at least 1" long.
The minimums are: P&Y 125 typ 155 non-typ
B&C 170 typ 195 non-typ
B&C also has modern hunter records where 160 typ and I believe 185 non-typ will qualify for one recording period.
As someone else had mentioned, I would enter the buck in the category that it fit best. Usually, 1" of abnormal points doesn't make a very good non-typ, in my eyes.
I hope this helps