I have several trail cams and they all have weaknesses and strengths.

Moultrie 100 & 200 - Good camera for the price. I especialy like the temp and moon phase feature of the 200. Also the ability to use rechargeable 6 volt batteries and solar panels is a big plus. Weakness is the slow trigger time. It has to be positioned properly to use for trail monitoring. Be prepared to get creative figuring out how to make a decent attachment system for it.

Stealth WD2-IR -I am slowly but surely converting all of my cameras to IR. Does the flash sppok deer? I dunno but why take the chance if you don't have to? This camera runs about $250 retail. It is a 2MP unit and takes decent pics but not great. All pictures are in black & white. The biggest pluses are battery life on (6) C cell batteries is awesome. Mine has been out since the 2nd week of August and still shows full charge. You can also hook this camera to a rechargeable battery and solar panel, but I really see no reason for this so far. It also has the ability to take day and night time 10 second video clips since it's IR. Negatives I guess would be the IMO low reolution pictures and lack of a good secure way to attach it to the tree.

Leaf River IR - Right now, this is my favorite camera. It has good battery life, good secure attachment system and takes darn good pictures (daytime at least). The night time pictures are grainy but good enough to tell what you are looking at. The newer models have an expansion port that you can add up to (4) additional IR light arrays that are independently powered so you should be able to throw plenty of IR light out there. If you can get over the reddish/pink daytime pictures you will be pleased with this camera. This camera can aso take day/night videos up to 90 seconds each. Only negatives that come to mind are the the grainy night time pictures and possibly the amount of batteries it takes to run the camera. It takes (4) D cells and (3) C cells. But battery life seems to be very good.

Cuddeback No Flash - I bought one of these cams with very high hopes since I have one of the 3MP C3000 flash models. Let me just sya first of al that they really screwed up with this new case design. It is absolutely horrible. I hate attaching this camera to the tree because the batteries usually fal out the bottom when you screw it to the tree. Then you have to fiddle with it and get it set just right to keep this from happening. Also they did away with one of the security features. On previous models you coud screw the camera to the tree with a supplied Torx lag screw AND attach i with a cable as well. On the new model you have to choose either/or and they do not include the cable anymore. Also they no longer include the USB cable needed in case you need to download pictures directly from the camera. But you can bet that the camera is not any cheaper. There are also many other issues with the new case in regards to weatherproofness (if thats a word) of it. Seems there are several issues with water and insects getting inside the case. As far as pictures are concerned, they use 2 different cameras for the daytime and IR night time pics. I will say right now that the picture quality is outstanding on either one. The night time camera is only rated at 1.3MP but they are clearer and sharper than either the Stealth IR or the Leaf River. Trigger time is much slower than the old Cuddebacks so don't expect to see instant trigger times, it seems to average about 2 seconds for me. Battery life seems to be good, I've had this one out since July and have only had to change the batteries once in about 1800 pictures. he menu is a real PITA to navigate as well. If your used to programming a Cuddeback then you will probably be ok, if not, be prepared to take the anual with you for the 1st few times that you attempt to program it.

As it stands right now IMO the camera to have is the Leaf River. When/if Cuddeback steps up and takes care of the case design issues and possibly the slower trigger time problems then if you have the money it will be the top dog again. Until then my choice is the Leaf River.