Appropriate things I put in half of the venison (6)
I believe the answer is:
thieve
'appropriate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'i put in half of the venison' is the wordplay.
'put' becomes 'the' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'half of the venison' becomes 've' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i' put inside 'the' is 'thie'.
'thie'+'ve'='THIEVE'
'things' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for thieve that I've seen before include "Knock off" , "Take illegally" , "Pilfer" , "Misappropriate" , "appropriate" .)