ORIGINAL: whiskeyjack
The cuddebacks are great cams but Ive heard they had some problems.
They can't be any worse than Moultrie which (from my experience) has a 75% failure rate right out of the box for a D40 (your mmv).
I am seriously looking into Cam Trakker.
http://www.camtrakker.com/ They're spendy ($425-$650 or so) but they appear to be one of the few out there that encorporates a digital camera (Sony) that can operate independent of the housing. And they apparently come with a replacement warranty and a customer service that you can actually talk to. Not so with Moultrie and I'm not so sure about Cuddeback.
I'm new to trail cams also
I have 2 Camtrakkers (a older 4.1 mp model and a newer digital Ranger 6.0) and have well over 100,000 picture between them without a hiccup, and if you want the best, you do have to pay for it.
I have owned a Cuddeback that crapped out before I ever got a picture (which Cuddeback would not make right), and my brother has had a Moultrie that was absolute junk (WalMart did take it back).