Two nights ago visiting family saw a raccoon after dark near our house. Last night I put a trap out, sprinkled some BBQ pork rib bones around it and fastened a meat scrap inside. Today the grandson helped skin his first raccoon, proudly pointing out internal parts he knew about.
This raccoon...
I've heard similar stories with even longer distances.
Relocating pests is IMO almost always misguided at best. Illegal in many jurisdictions. There is almost nowhere you can take a critter which is causing you a problem and not make it someone else's problem. Or, at best, it has to fight to...
Me, too. I wear a pistol every night when I go out to shut their door. Racoons are major carriers of rabies. The only kind of fight you want to have with one involves firearms. Yours.
Take the tracks seriously. Your spring-loaded hooks are OK. If the coop is impregnable - no problem. If not...