Helicopter
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Rotorcraft
Time Pressure; Workload; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution
Weather; Human Factors
I departed ZZZ with the intent to ferry it to ZZZ1.  At the time of departure; weather was reported as overcast at 1;800 feet; visibility 10SM.  Field elevation is 2;500 feet.  Highest obstacle of the enroute corridor was indicated as 3;325 feet; per ForeFlight profile.  Reported weather allowed for a 1;000 foot clearance of the highest obstacle.  Upon departing and climbing to 3;200 feet; I could clearly see over all the hill tops along my intended flight path.  Approximately 10 minutes into the flight; clouds started to form and spill over from hill tops to the north and west into the adjoining valleys.  I executed a turn to avoid the clouds.  I decided I would return to ZZZ.  Suddenly; clouds started to form all around me.  The area around me was mountainous covered with thick forest. I felt that IMC was imminent so I initiated the IMC procedure.  I leveled the aircraft and started a climb; after adjusted power & airspeed settings.  I passed through the bottoms of 2 clouds as I started to set up the GPS for an instrument approach into ZZZ.  A moment later I was in a pocket clear of clouds with a large field next to a residence below me.  I decided it better to land VFR in the field than to continue IFR back to ZZZ.  I performed a descending orbit towards the field to get a clear picture of any/all possible obstacles.  A safe landing was performed without incident.  Notifications were made to Center.  After waiting approximately 2 hours; I was able to safely complete the ferry flight. Become IFR current within company.
Helicopter Pilot reported being VFR in IMC and making a precautionary landing in a field.